... for innovation that provides a picture of the level and quality of teamwork in a unit using a series of Likert scales. This paper describes its Italian validation in 585 working group members employed in health‐related and other contexts. The data were evaluated by means of factorial analysis (including...

... that will not motivate a team if present, but will de‐motivate it if absent. A motivating factor, by contrast, is defined as a factor that will not de‐motivate a team if absent, but will motivate it if present. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Leadership Teamwork Organizational structure The effectiveness...

... theory to management alone when the theory could be applied equally profitably in all levels of an organisation. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Teamwork Managers Employees Table II. Mean, standard deviations and some frequencies of team role scores for managers and non‐managers...

..., participation, repetition, reinforcement, feedback, modeling, distributed practice, part learning of complex tasks and transfer of learning. Participants completed all the exercises in two groups, which were their normal work groups within their organization. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Teamwork...

... theory. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Teamwork Interaction As a key parameter for establishing work outcomes, the concept of interdependence between workers permeates many lines of research in the field of social and organizational psychology. Past research has shown interdependence among group...

...W.D.K. Macrosson; D.J. Hemphill In the description of his team model, Belbin describes certain “allowable” weaknesses in the roles, the true‐life experience of teamworking, however, sometimes reveals behaviour among colleagues which is far from “allowable”. The Belbin model is silent...

.... In the wider perspective the work of the organization will suffer. Conflict Individual behaviour Organizational development Teamwork Interventions Managers, team leaders, trainers and consultants frequently report a scenario in which they sense that something is not quite right...

... in an international research team. Learning Projects Research Teams Teamwork To sit around a table is to carry on a conflict and also to conclude it by other means (Moscovici and Doise, 1994). Herodotus tells us that Darius, King of Persia, summoned the Greeks and asked them how they customarily...

... team members. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Effectiveness Foreign languages National cultures Research Teamwork Hoogendoorn (1997) provides a discussion of a number of factors which are related to the development and maintenance of the large commitment and energy needed for successful...

... Managerial grid Teams Teamwork During this century we have been faced with substantive developments in leadership and managerial theory, beginning with Traits Theory which failed to predict leadership performance (Bass, 1990a). Contingency theory suggested that different kinds of leadership...

... Limited 1997 Diversification National cultures Project management Team building Teams Teamwork Many organizations believe they can increase their flexibility and responsiveness in globally competitive market environments through deployment of transnational project teams, powerful...

... Group working Management Teamwork Work organization The setting up and managing of effective teams has become an increasingly important management issue, not least because of the influence of Japanese management methods and the widespread adoption of total quality management principles...

... Management Organizational change Teamwork This article deals with a range of relationships which impact on the ability of a business unit to confront and control its own destiny. In attempting to understand the complexity of this situation the article deals with: the present business...

... the business emphasis and greater teamworking. The training programme itself consisted of five modules of one day each. They covered those skills areas deemed to be essential to the effective working of teams. These areas were: leadership, motivation, problem solving and decision making, group dynamics...

... for the differences and their consequences. There is clearly need for further research. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Corporate culture Local government Management styles Private sector Public sector Psychology Roles Managers Teamwork We compared our data with those obtained by Belbin from senior...

.... Individual behaviour Organizational performance Performance appraisal Teamwork Top management © MCB UP Limited 1992 JOURNAL OF MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY Brittle, Blocked, Blended and Blind: TOP TEAM CHARACTERISTICS THAT LEAD TO BUSINESS SUCCESS OR FAILURE Paul Dainty and Andrew Kakabadse...