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Management teams [electronic book] : why they succeed or fail / R. Meredith Belbin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam : Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1856178072
  • 9781856178075
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources:
Contents:
A Study of Teams: How It All Began ; The Apollo Syndrome; Teams Containing Similar Personalities; Identifying further Team Roles; Team Leadership; The Missing Team Roles; Developing an inventory; Unsuccessful teams; Winning teams; Ideal team size; Features of good members of a team; Teams in Public Affairs; How Belbin reports developed; Case Studies in Using Belbin.
Summary: . Benefit from Belbin's own experience of putting the Team Roles method into practice . Succinct and practical information to enable managers to make a real difference in the workplace . Real-life case studies show how to apply the theory in practice Meredith Belbin's unique and widely-read work on teams has become part of everyday language for organizations around the world. For every manager, getting the most from their team is paramount in achieving superior results. Belbin's vital area of management research supersedes the usual preoccupations with qualifications and experience, considering instead the Team Role behaviours which shape everyday interactions in teams. Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail is an account of the experimental study of management teams at Henley Management College from which Belbin's unique Team Role theory developed. Now in its third edition the original theory has been fully updated and rewritten in parts by the author, with chapter summaries and updated illustrations. This is the original book by Meredith Belbin, offering the only authoritative explanation of how Belbin's world-famous Team Role language came into being. Download and print a free, full-page summary of Team Roles with their icons, descriptions, strengths and allowable weaknesses from http://www.belbin.com/books/books.htm R. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College.   Related Titles Belbin: Team Roles at Work, 2e, ISBN: 978-1-85617-800-6 * Meredith Belbin's own explanation of his team roles method allows readers to benefit from his extensive experience of its use in practice * Numerous real world case studies show how to apply the theory to real situations * Companion material available at www.belbin.com offering further practical advice on applying the method including the Self-Perception Inventory to find out the role you play within your team  .
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

* Benefit from Belbin's own experience of putting the Team Roles method into practice

* Succinct and practical information to enable managers to make a real difference in the workplace

* Real-life case studies show how to apply the theory in practice


Meredith Belbin's unique and widely-read work on teams has become part of everyday language for organizations around the world. For every manager, getting the most from their team is paramount in achieving superior results. Belbin's vital area of management research supersedes the usual preoccupations with qualifications and experience, considering instead the Team Role behaviours which shape everyday interactions in teams.

Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail is an account of the experimental study of management teams at Henley Management College from which Belbin's unique Team Role theory developed. Now in its third edition the original theory has been fully updated and rewritten in parts by the author, with chapter summaries and updated illustrations. This is the original book by Meredith Belbin, offering the only authoritative explanation of how Belbin's world-famous Team Role language came into being.

Download and print a free, full-page summary of Team Roles with their icons, descriptions, strengths and allowable weaknesses from http://www.belbin.com/books/books.htm


R. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College.

Related Title

Belbin: Team Roles at Work, 2e, ISBN: 978-1-85617-800-6

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Study of Teams: How It All Began ; The Apollo Syndrome; Teams Containing Similar Personalities; Identifying further Team Roles; Team Leadership; The Missing Team Roles; Developing an inventory; Unsuccessful teams; Winning teams; Ideal team size; Features of good members of a team; Teams in Public Affairs; How Belbin reports developed; Case Studies in Using Belbin.

. Benefit from Belbin's own experience of putting the Team Roles method into practice . Succinct and practical information to enable managers to make a real difference in the workplace . Real-life case studies show how to apply the theory in practice Meredith Belbin's unique and widely-read work on teams has become part of everyday language for organizations around the world. For every manager, getting the most from their team is paramount in achieving superior results. Belbin's vital area of management research supersedes the usual preoccupations with qualifications and experience, considering instead the Team Role behaviours which shape everyday interactions in teams. Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail is an account of the experimental study of management teams at Henley Management College from which Belbin's unique Team Role theory developed. Now in its third edition the original theory has been fully updated and rewritten in parts by the author, with chapter summaries and updated illustrations. This is the original book by Meredith Belbin, offering the only authoritative explanation of how Belbin's world-famous Team Role language came into being. Download and print a free, full-page summary of Team Roles with their icons, descriptions, strengths and allowable weaknesses from http://www.belbin.com/books/books.htm R. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College.   Related Titles Belbin: Team Roles at Work, 2e, ISBN: 978-1-85617-800-6 * Meredith Belbin's own explanation of his team roles method allows readers to benefit from his extensive experience of its use in practice * Numerous real world case studies show how to apply the theory to real situations * Companion material available at www.belbin.com offering further practical advice on applying the method including the Self-Perception Inventory to find out the role you play within your team  .

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 28, 2010). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface to the third edition (p. vii)
  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • 1 Making teams effective (p. 1)
  • 2 The Apollo syndrome (p. 13)
  • 3 Teams containing similar personalities (p. 25)
  • 4 Creativity in the team (p. 39)
  • 5 Team leadership (p. 47)
  • 6 Other key team roles (p. 65)
  • 7 Unsuccessful teams (p. 75)
  • 8 Winning teams (p. 89)
  • 9 Ideal team size (p. 109)
  • 10 Features of good members of a team (p. 119)
  • 11 Designing a team (p. 129)
  • 12 Teams in public affairs (p. 139)
  • 13 Thirty years later (p. 151)
  • Case studies in using Belbin (p. 157)
  • Glossary (p. 181)
  • Books that figured as the background to the Henley study (p. 187)
  • Index (p. 189)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

R. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College.

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