Changing the Way We Work

ISBN-13: 9780750642880 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 132 str.

R. Meredith Belbin

Opis

How many problems at work arise from the way in which jobs are set up? An alternative system is needed, where jobs can grow and develop: where communication about the work can flow up as easily as down. This work describes an approach incorporating colour-coding and information technology.

Recenzje

Review of The Coming Shape of Organization
'A new book from the father of team-role theory is an event....this stimulating, brief analysis suggesting that an effective model for the new flatter organization may be a helix, in which individuals and teams move forward on the basis of excellence rather than function.'
The Director, July 1996

Spis treści

Preface; Order and disorders; The true nature of a modern job; Reclassifying work: tasks versus responsibilities; 'So what's the job?'; Overcoming initial problems; Job casting and job briefing; Improving communications; Quantifying the way we work; Managing the feedback; Creating a new culture; Fostering team empowerment; From competence to excellence; Team roles and colour codes; Managers and leaders revisited; A way forward; A Glossary of Terms; An Audit of Existing Practices in Job-Setting; Index.

O autorze

R. Meredith Belbin