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Effective Management Teams and Organizational Behavior: A Research-Based Model for Team Development book cover

1st Edition

Effective Management Teams and Organizational Behavior A Research-Based Model for Team Development

By Henning Bang, Thomas Nesset Midelfart Copyright 2021
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Most contemporary organizations use management teams to manage and coordinate their businesses at all levels of the organizational hierarchy. Management teams typically set overall goals, strategies, and priorities, making vital organizational decisions. They discuss issues, solve problems, offer advice, and ensure various processes and units are aligned and interact efficiently. Although... Read more

Part I. The management team

1. A model for effectiveness in management teams

2. The management team – a special type of team?

3. Management group or management team?

Part II. Output factors and emergent states: Outcomes achieved by effective management teams

4. What kind of results do effective management teams achieve?

Part III. Input factors: Basic conditions for effectiveness in management teams

5. A clear team purpose

6. Appropriate team tasks

7. Appropriate team composition

8. Supportive organizational systems

Part IV. Processes that influence management team effectiveness

9. Setting clear meeting goals

10. Focused communication

11. Capitalizing on diversity

12. The absence of political behavior

13. Team boundary spanning

14. Continuous team learning

15. Effective team leadership

Part V. How can effective management teams be developed?

16. Management team development – principles and dilemmas

17. Tools for developing management teams

 

Biography

Henning Bang, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a partner in the management consulting firm Bang & Midelfart.

Thomas Nesset Midelfart is a licensed psychologist specialized in Organizational Psychology from the University of Oslo, Norway, and a partner in the management consulting firm Bang & Midelfart.

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