The Student's Guide to Successful Project Teams

ISBN-13: 9780805861846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str.

William A. Kahn

Opis

It is common for undergraduate and graduate students across various disciplines to be placed on teams and assigned group project research reports and presentations which require them to work together. This title discusses how to help student project teams confront and successfully resolve issues, tasks and problems.

Spis treści

1. Dimensions of the Student Project Team. 2. The Learning Team. 3. Team Formation. 4. Team Roles and Responsibilities. 5. Influence and Decision Making.  6. Process Improvements. 7. Useful Conflicts. 8. Full Engagement. 9. Final Examinations.  Appendix. Project Team Development Exercises

O autorze

William A. Kahn is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Boston University’s School of Management, where he has taught since earning his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University in 1987. Bill teaches courses on effective group dynamics, team learning, negotiations, and managing organizational change. His research focuses on relationships at work, which includes hierarchical, peer, group, and inter-group relations. Professor Kahn has published articles in a wide variety of academic journals, authored several books, and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Education. For the last decade Bill has coordinated the Team Learning component of the School of Management’s Executive MBA Program. He has received the Broderick Prize for Teaching and, twice, the General Electric Team Learning Award from Boston University’s School of Management.