Work teams [electronic resource] : past, present and future / edited by Michael M. Beyerlein.

This book places current and future work team practices in historical context. Researchers from 10 countries have contributed chapters that represent developments specific to their regions and that illustrate the way ideas spread around the world. Some principles of effective teaming were independen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Beyerlein, Michael M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2000.
Series:Social indicators research series ; 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Michael Beyerlein
  • Foreword / Raymond Miles
  • Sect. I. Evolving Ideas and Theories. Historic Roots of Team Theory and Practice / Gayle Porter and Michael Beyerlein. Work Teams Research / Stanley Gully. History of Cell-Based Manufacturing / Jos Benders and Richard Badham. The Human Relations Myth Unveiled / Ronald Purser. The Evolution of Open Systems to the 2 Stage Model / Merrelyn Emery
  • Sect. II. An Appreciative Look at Some Major Thinkers. Kurt Lewin / Karon Tedford and David Baker. Socio-Technical Systems Approach to Work Team Design / Lillian Eby, Beverly Sinoway and Anthony Parisi. Deutsch's Theory of Cooperation and Competition / Dean Tjosvold and David Johnson. Allan Mogensen (1901-1989) / Matja Mulej.