How To Open Minds, Resolve Conflict, and Ensure Cooperation
by Dean Tjosvold, Mary Tjosvold.
London Palgrave Macmillan UK Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
2015
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PART I: PRODUCTIVE TEAMWORK 1. Team Building is a Necessity 2. What Makes Teams Effective 3. Applying the Model: The Method Reinforces the Message 4. Get Started PART II: BUILDING TEAM RELATIONSHIPS 5. Leadership for Teamwork, Teamwork for Leadership 6. Strengthen Cooperative Goals 7. Working Open-Mindedly 8. Managing Conflict Constructively PART III: MAKING THE ORGANIZATION A TEAM 9. Teamwork with Customers 10. Team Organization: Departments Working Together 11. Partnering with Competitors and Government: Moving to the Teamwork Economy 12. Reflection: Becoming a Better Team
Interdependence is a basic characteristic of organizations, yet it is only recently that managers, professionals, and employees have begun to appreciate that organizational success depends upon teamwork. This book provides managers, professionals, and employees with a concise and powerful understanding of productive teamwork in organizations.