Lecture 1: Introduction to Teams and Team Dynamics

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Explore Lecture 1: Introduction to Teams and Team Dynamics, covering This lecture introduces the critical concept of teams, highlighting the distinctions between groups and teams, and the.

Topics Covered

  • What Defines a Team?
  • The Importance of Teams in the Workplace
  • Team Dynamics: Roles and Norms
  • Lifecycle of Team Development: Tuckman's Model

References

  • Katzenbach, J.R. and Smith, D.K. (1993) The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
  • Gallup (2017) State of the Global Workplace. Gallup: Washington, D.C.
  • Edmondson, A.C. (2012) Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Belbin, R.M. (1981) Management Teams: Why They Succeed or Fail. Oxford: Elsevier.
  • Tuckman, B.W. (1965) 'Developmental sequence in small groups', Psychological Bulletin, 63(6), pp. 384-399.
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