Designing Team-Based Organizations

Susan Albers Mohrman

• 26 april 1995
• 9780787900809

Samenvatting:

This text presents an empirically and theoretically grounded framework to guide the team-based organization. It provides an overview of the features that must be attended in order to create an organization context for effective teams, as well as to design appropriate teams.

Designing Team-Based Organizations breaks new ground in tackling the organization design issues related to the implementation of teams, with a specific focus on the new designs required to support the knowledge work components of organizations. The authors offer a field-tested design framework to help managers, consultants, design teams, human resource specialists, and students of systems effectively support the strategic employment of teams. Drawing on over fifteen years of research and consulting with such companies as Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Pacific Bell, General Mills, Pratt and Whitney, Pfizer, and Texas Instruments, they present a groundbreaking guide to creating new organization designs that empower teams so that they make a real difference. "A terrific book! It makes a tremAndous contribution by moving forward the state of the art in organization design."—David A. Nadler, chairman, Delta Consulting Group, Inc.

"A terrific book!" --David A. Nadler, chairman, DeltaConsulting Group

Tackle the organizational issues related to implementing teams.Learn new designs to support the knowledge work components oforganizations. Drawing on over fifteen years of research andconsulting with such companies as Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard,Pacific Bell, General Mills, Pratt and Whitney, Pfizer, and TexasInstruments, the authors shows you how to create new organizationdesigns that empower teams so that they make a real difference.

You'll discover how to:
* Design new work teams
* Identify new roles and responsibilities
* Manage team performance
* Create an empowering team environment
Over 50 tables, figures, and exhibits reinforce the practical text.Even if teams already exist at your organization, you'll use thiswell-researched guide to push your teams to higher levels ofperformance!