Supporting Work Team Effectiveness

A Guide For Managers Of Team-Based Organizations One of few books to address the management issues of team-based companies, this work shows how to build an organizational infrastructure conducive to superior team performance. The work dispenses with the usual one-model-fits-all approach to identify six distinct types of teams - production, service, management, project, action, and advisory - and explain in detail how to design, implement, and manage the unique systems, policies, and practices that support each. The contributors - all leading consultants and researchers - draw from important case studies to present the best management practices of team-based organizations. Covers every nuance from management structuring to team staffing to information systems. Even shows how to create a physical facility that's right for teams.