... applies the input-mediator-output-input (IMOI) literature to investigate the influence of workers’ perceptions of their peers’ skills and peers’ interactions on perceptions of the teamwork process and subsequent affective reactions. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on a sample of 997...

... in the workplace so as to maximize both internal and external diversified skill sets and capabilities in team members. Design/methodology/approach An extensive review of existing literature was done to form the views of the authors on the issue. A strengths, weaknesses, oppositions, threats (SWOT) analysis...

...Paul Lyons Purpose This study seeks to: involve team members in part of the actual design of training for their own team leaders; improve team leader knowledge and skills; and demonstrate the use of skill charting (SC) for learning and performance improvement. Design/methodology/approach Using...

...Liisa Huusko Purpose Team concepts do not necessarily include both of the following important facts: implementing team work leads to shifts in traditional supervisory relations; and these shifts bring about a need to ensure that teams have the requisite skills. The lack of either of them may cause...

... grid technique to team performance issues. An example focused on eliciting the essential soft skills needed by programmers to effectively interact with IT team members is illustrated. Research limitations/implications To researchers, the main benefit of this paper is that it introduces a technique...

...Pina Tarricone; Joe Luca Business expects far more from employees than technical and generic skills. There is a growing emphasis on employees to not just do their job but to contribute to business success. As the emphasis is placed on individuals contributing to the effective, positive perpetuation...

... management throughout the organization. Reviews the literature and case examples in order to articulate the following aspects of team management: the best team skills, the characteristics of an effective team, the best type of team player, the reasons that teams fail or succeed, and the components...

...Doris Dunn; Robert Doughty; Stephen Walker Reviews how three different organizations have found benefit from using Skills Workout. Skills Workout encourages managers and staff to talk together in the common language of their job reaching resolutions understood and approved by all. The director...