Group Dynamics for Teams - Askay, David A.

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Résumé :
Grounded in psychology research but with a practical focus on organizational behavior issues, Group Dynamics for Teams, Seventh Edition helps readers understand and participate in teams more effectively in day-to-day work....

Biographie:
New to This Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Part I: Foundations of Teamwork
Chapter 1: Understanding Teams
1.1 Why Groups and Teams Matter
1.2 Defining Groups
1.3 Defining Teams
1.4 Why Organizations Use Teams
1.5 Purposes and Types of Teams
1.6 History of Teams and Group Dynamics
Summary
Discussion Questions 1
Team Leadership Challenge 1
Survey: Attitudes Toward Teamwork
Activity: Working in Teams
Chapter 2: Building Team Success
2.1 Components of Team Success
2.2 Inputs: Conditions for Team Success
2.3 Teamwork Processes and Emergent States
2.4 Outputs: Defining Team Success
2.5 The IMOI Model of Teamwork
2.6 Using Teams in the Workplace
Summary
Discussion Questions 2
Team Leadership Challenge 2
Activity: Understanding Team Success
Chapter 3: Navigating the Team's Lifecycle
3.1 Models of Group Development
3.2 Group Socialization
3.3 Coordinating Structures: Goals, Roles, and Norms
3.5 Application: Jump-Starting Project Teams
Summary
Discussion Questions 3
Team Leadership Challenge 3
Activity: Observing Team Development
Activity: Developing a Team Charter
Part II: Dynamics Of Teamwork
Chapter 4: Affective, Motivational, and Cognitive Dynamics
4.1 The Dynamic Nature of Emergent States
4.2 Affective Dynamics
4.3 Motivational Dynamics
4.4 Cognitive Dynamics
4.5 Adapting to Changing Dynamics
Summary
Discussion Questions 4
Team Leadership Challenge 4
Activity: Tracking Team Dynamics
Chapter 5: Cooperation and Competition
5.1 Cooperation and Competition
5.2 Divers of Cooperation and Competition
5.3 Strategies for Managing Cooperation and Competition
Summary
Discussion Questions 5
Team Leadership Challenge 5
Survey: Cooperative, Competitive, or Individualistic Orientation
Activity: Understanding Competitive Versus Cooperative Goals
Chapter 6: Team Communication
6.1 Communication in Teams
6.2 Effective Communication Practices
6.3 Managing Emotions
6.4 Facilitating Team Meetings
Summary
Discussion Questions 6
Team Leadership Challenge 6
Survey: Team Emotional Intelligence
Activity: Observing Communication Patterns in a Team
Part III: Challenges And Growth in Teams
Chapter 7: Managing Conflict
7.1 The Nature of Conflict
7.2 Types of Conflict
7.3 Conflict Management Styles
7.4 Situational Factors Shaping Conflict
7.5 Engaging in Conflict
7.6 Principled Negotiation
Summary
Discussion Questions 7
Team Leadership Challenge 7
Survey: Conflict Management Styles
Activity: Observing Conflict Management Styles
Chapter 8: Social Influence and Power
8.1 Understanding Social Influence and Power
8.2 Social Influence
8.3 Types of Power and Influence Tactics
8.3 Power Dynamics and Imbalance
8.4 Responses to Power and Influence
8.5 Empowerment
8.6 Application: Communicating Assertively
Summary
Discussion Questions 8
Team Leadership Challenge 8
Activity: Using Power Styles-Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive
Chapter 9: Decision Making
9.1 Decision Making in Teams
9.2 Deciding How to Decide: Evaluating Decision-Making Approaches
9.3 Individual Decision Making
9.4 Group Decision Making
9.5 Crowd Platforms and Artificial Intelligence
Summary
Discussion Questions 9
Team Leadership Challenge 9
Activity: Making Consensus Decisions
Activity: Using AI to Augment Group Decision Making
Chapter 10: Leadership and Followership
10.1 Defining Leader...

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Daniel Levi is a retired professor in the Psychology and Child Development Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. He holds an MA and a PhD in environmental psychology from the University of Arizona. He has taught classes in teamwork, environmental psychology, and organizational psychology. His teamwork class was designed primarily for engineering and business students. He has conducted research and worked as a consultant with factory and engineering teams for a variety of technology companies. In addition, he has worked on international team research projects in Europe and Asia.

Dr. Levi's research and consulting with factory teams primarily focused on the use of teams to support technological change and the adoption of just-in-time and quality programs. This work examined a variety of team issues, including job redesign, training, compensation, supervision, and change management approaches. His work with professional teams primarily was focused on engineering design teams. These projects examined the use of concurrent engineering, self-management, and the globalization of teams. The topics of this work included the impact of information technology on teams, facilitation and training needs for professional teams, and the impacts of organizational culture and leadership.

Early work on the book was sponsored by an engineering education grant from NASA. This project focused on the development of teamwork skills in engineering students working on multidisciplinary projects. It led to the development of cases and activities for learning teamwork skills and research on teamwork training and evaluating and rewarding student teams. Additional research on student teams examined gender and cross-cultural issues, social support within teams, and bullying and hijacking in student teams.