Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009K6KIFM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 510 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams, and increasingly, by flexible team-like entities. Teaming shows that organizations learn when the flexible, fluid collaborations they encompass are able to learn. Further, they can use practical management strategies to help organizations realize the benefits inherent in both success and failure. With Teaming, leaders can shape these factors by encouraging reflection, creating psychological safety, and overcoming defensive interpersonal dynamics that inhibit the sharing of ideas. Presents a clear explanation of practical management concepts for increasing learning capability for business results Introduces a framework that clarifies how learning processes must be altered for different kinds of work Explains how Collaborative Learning works, and gives tips for how to do it wel Includes case-study research on Intermountain healthcare, Prudential, GM, Toyota, IDEO, the IRS, and both Cincinnati and Minneapolis Children's Hospitals, among others Based on years of research, this book shows how leaders can make organizational learning happen by building teams that learn.. The problem is teams, and other dynamic groups, don't learn naturally. New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change. Amy Edmondson shows that orga
"Great synthesis of well researched and evidenced-based ideas to move us forward in organizations!!!" according to M. Cramer. Bravo! This is a wonderful book for anyone who is interested changing organizations, or the world at large! I've been doing Organizational Development work and have stacks of stacks of books on the topic of change, leadershipship, organizational improvement etc. etc. Amy's book takes her many years of wonderful experience and points us in a clear direction for moving forward into a more co. Teaming taken to an entirely new level CoveredBridgeTroll Professor Edmondson has taken years of observation and insight and brought to the workplace a new way to think about learning- through teamwork. Just like technology is changing the way business works, this new approach to teaming can deliver leverage far beyond the traditional positive effects of teaming; it builds on teaming by super-charging it with learning and ultimately creating a cy. book presents interesting concepts but would be a much better academic article than a book drkgb This book presents interesting concepts but would be a much better academic article than a book. Not enough substance and very repetitive. Wish I didn't buy it.