Team Development Manual

In the modern organization most tasks are accomplished by teams. This bestselling manual brings together basic theory, a diagnostic instrument, descriptions of the key elements of effective teamwork and a detailed guide to sources of further information to help, both in the UK and overseas.  A particularly valuable feature is the ’building blocks’ questionnaire that allows the manager or trainer to identify specific weaknesses in his or her team and to decide an appropriate action for overcoming them.  The companion volume 50 Activities for Teambuilding provides a unique collection of structured experiences for use with the manual.  With its practical, down-to-earth approach, Team Development Manual will appeal to managers in every type of organization, as well as to personnel and training specialists and advisers - in short, to everyone with an interest in improving the way people work together.

Woodcock, Mike

Ashgate Publishing Group

<p>In the modern organization most tasks are accomplished by teams. This bestselling manual brings together basic theory, a diagnostic instrument, descriptions of the key elements of effective teamwork and a detailed guide to sources of further information to help, both in the UK and overseas. A particularly valuable feature is the ’building blocks’ questionnaire that allows the manager or trainer to identify specific weaknesses in his or her team and to decide an appropriate action for overcoming them. The companion volume 50 Activities for Teambuilding provides a unique collection of structured experiences for use with the manual. With its practical, down-to-earth approach, Team Development Manual will appeal to managers in every type of organization, as well as to personnel and training specialists and advisers - in short, to everyone with an interest in improving the way people work together.</p>

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Routledge

Clarifying Organizational Values

Gower Pub.Co.

Most work is accomplished through organizations, whether industrial, commercial, public sector or not-for-profit. And within the organizations, this book argues, it is people who hold the key to success, because only people can provide the creative element that drives an enterprise along. The authors set out to help to identify and channel the latent strengths in people to the benefit of both the individual concerned and the organizations for which they work. They describe 14 "blockages" that can prevent an organization from reaching its full potential and explain how to overcome each of them. The techniques in question have been used not only in business but also in social work, police forces, local government - even a convent. Moreover, they have been applied in a score of different countries in all the continents of the world. This is the third edition of a book originally published in the usa. With its companion volume "50 activities for unblocking your organization" it provides advice for managers and professional "change makers" determined to improve the effectiveness of their organization.

Unblocking Your Organization

Francis, Dave

There is no doubt that working through teams can be an effective way to accomplish tasks in an organization. As Mike Woodcock and Dave Francis point out, though, it is by no means the only one. Managers concerned with human resource strategy cannot afford to assume that teamwork will always be the best option. A number of questions need to be asked before any decision is made.Among these questions are the following: What should be the focus of our organization development interventions? Should we undertake teambuilding initiatives? How extensive should the teambuilding initiative be? What resources will be need to support our teambuilding initiative?This book provides a framework within which these questions may be addressed. It presents a structured approach to analysing the key issues, including a series of questionnaires and activities designed to guide the reader through the key strategic decisions that must be taken by any organization contemplating a teambuilding programme. The authors, two of the best known specialists in the field, examine the benefits and dangers of teambuilding as an organization development strategy and offer detailed guidance on further information and resources.This book, a radically revised version of the authors' Organization Development through Teambuilding, will be of enormous value to HRD and OD practitioners.

Teambuilding Strategy

Business Culture

This guide, a substantially revised version of "The Unblocked Manager", is designed to help managers improve their effectiveness, pinpoints 12 potential "blockages" that stand in the way of managerial competence. Each blockage is explained and ideas and materials for tackling the problem are provided, forming a comprehensive framework for self-directed development.

The New Unblocked Manager: A Practical Guide to Self-Development

Increasingly managers are expected to become "people developers", and more training is ongoing and takes place through projects undertaken at work. This collection of 36 training activities is designed to help senior managers identify "blockages" to performance of individuals, and address them through interactive exercises. The book aims to pinpoint key needs and each activity includes step-by-step instructions on how to prepare and run the exercises, accompanied by photocopiable masters of any handouts or other material needed by participants.

Developing Your People: Easy-To-Use Activities for Improving Management Skills

This text contains 25 activities based around 12 areas of personal development for managers or team leaders. It covers: self-management; influence; values; leadership; goals; organizing; self-development; developing others; problem solving; team building; innovation; and learning from experience.

The Self-Made Leader: 25 Activities for Facilitated Personal Development

Team Metrics: Resources for Measuring and Improving Team Performance

Presented in a four-ring binder (with an included CD-ROM), this collection of materials consists of a variety of audits, questionnaires, and surveys for use in training, or in real contexts where intervention is needed. Twenty-seven items cover team and leader skills, and team development, motivation roles, culture, and communication. Authors Woodcock and Francis have worked together for 30 years developing, refining, and teaching techniques to people in organizations, businesses, and government agencies of all scales; they are the authors of numerous books and collections of human resources materials. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Team Development Manual

Team Development Manual

Clarifying Organizational Values

Unblocking Your Organization

Teambuilding Strategy

The New Unblocked Manager: A Practical Guide to Self-Development

The New Unblocked Manager: A Practical Guide to Self-Development

Developing Your People: Easy-To-Use Activities for Improving Management Skills

The Self-Made Leader: 25 Activities for Facilitated Personal Development

Team Metrics: Resources for Measuring and Improving Team Performance