Making the Team unites cutting-edge research on groups with practical management principles. Making the Team organizes the art and science of teamwork in 3 primary tasks for the leader/manager: (1) Accurately assessing and improving team performance: (2) Managing the internal dynamics of teams (diversity, conflict, creativity within the team): and (3) Optimally leveraging the team within the larger organization. Making the Team is a great core book for a course or a supplement book for the course. The instructor's manual contains exercises for challenging in-class exercises and experimental learning. Managers-in-training as well as the seasoned executive will find the clear, step-by-step approaches offered in this book useful, provocative, and refreshing. This book is a perfect marriage of theory and practice. *A rigorous, cutting-edge focus on research -Draws upon research and ideas from leading scholars in the fields of social psychology, organization behavior, sociology, and cognitive psychology. *Chapter-opening real-team case analyses. *A strong foundation of core concepts -Introduces the basic building blocks for analyzing and perfecting teamwork; addresses the assessment of
