Managing Groups and Teams

Groups are everywhere; whether in our social lives, our work, or even our families, individuals decide to work collectively to achieve particular goals. In this book, we take a challenge-based approach, one that focuses on the "how" of managing a group or a team.

Contents

 * 1) About this Book
 * 2)  /Introduction/
 * 3) Internal Group Processes
 * 4) Cohesion
 * 5) How can teams create and maintain cohesion?
 * 6) /Which attributes are fundamental to team cohesion?/
 * 7) /Communication//
 * 8) What leads to effective team communication?
 * 9) /Conflict/
 * 10) How can teams deal with conflicts?
 * 11) /Feedback in Teams/
 * 12) /Motivation/
 * 13)  What is motivation?
 * 14)  What are the drawbacks of non-motivated teams?
 * 15)  How does motivation affect teams' dynamics?
 * 16)  Does the experience or position of a team member changes the motivational tools needed to motivate that person?
 * 17) /Motivation In Teams/
 * 18) Motivation in a Group and Team Environment
 * 19) Motivation in Challenging Group and Team Environments
 * 20) Inclusion
 * 21) How can teams ensure their participation?
 * 22) /Groupthink/
 * 23) /Stereotyping/
 * 24) Composition Issues in Teams
 * 25) Diversity (General)
 * 26) What does diversity bring to team?
 * 27) Diversity in Personality
 * 28) Achieving High Performance Through Diverse Personalities
 * 29) Similarities (General)
 * 30) Filling Necessary Team Roles with a Highly Homogenous Team
 * 31) /Working in International Teams/
 * 32) /Social Loafing/
 * 33) What is social loafing, and how can it be addressed?
 * 34) /Process Losses/
 * 35) How our unconscious biases affect the way we manage and interact with teams.
 * 36) Leadership in Teams
 * 37) Establishing Leadership
 * 38) Credibility
 * 39) How can leaders establish credibility?
 * 40) Leadership Transitions
 * 41) What is the best way to manage leadership transitions?
 * 42) /New Leaders/
 * 43) What are the basic roles that a new team leader needs to know?
 * 44) What are some of the key roles a manager needs to take on to be effective?
 * 45) What are the best options for arranging a team and assigning team role?
 * 46) What relationship aspects can be defined in advance to assure success?
 * 47) /What should a New Leader do when entering into an existing team?/
 * 48) Enacting Leadership
 * 49) Leadership Roles and Concerns
 * 50)  How can leaders establish a balance between management and leadership?
 * 51)  What are characteristics of effective team leadership?
 * 52)  What are the differences between dictatorship and leadership?
 * 53)  What is the relationship between leadership and discipline?
 * 54) /Poor Leadership/
 * 55) How can members deal with poor leadership?
 * 56) Virtual Teams
 * 57) Managing Global Virtual Teams
 * 58) How should global virtual teams be managed?
 * 59) Building Virtual Teams
 * 60) How can members build high-performing virtual teams?
 * 61) Team Building: Techniques, Principles, and Methods
 * 62) Stages of Group Development
 * 63) How does group development foster effective team building?
 * 64) /Group Dynamics/
 * 65) What is a team?
 * 66) How can teams create positive group dynamics?
 * 67) Problems that hinder good group dynamics.
 * 68) /Psychological Profiling/
 * 69) What place does psychological profiling have in team building?
 * 70) /Team Building Activities/
 * 71) What are the different kinds of effective team building activities available?
 * 72) Additional Resources
 * 73)  /Glossary/
 * 74)  /Resources/
 * 75)  /Noted Contributors/
 * 76)  /Question Page/