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What would Machiavelli think? An overview of the leadership challenges in team‐based structures

Callanan, Gerard A. - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 10 (2004) 3/4, pp. 77-83

The writings of Niccolò Machiavelli continue to resonate with today's business leaders. Current management literature still focuses on tactics to increase power as a means to ensure a leadership position. This attention to individual accomplishment and the building of power runs counter to what...

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Understanding the role of communication and conflict on reengineering team development

Choudrie, Jyoti - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 18 (2005) 1, pp. 64-78

Purpose – Aims to investigate the importance of communication and conflict on the development of reengineering teams and attempts to answer the following research questions: is the team development of a reengineering team affected by conflict and communication, and if so, what are the types of...

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The challenges of managing cross‐cultural virtual project teams

Oertig, Margaret; Buergi, Thomas - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 12 (2006) 1/2, pp. 23-30

Purpose – This paper seeks to present the challenges reported by project leaders of cross‐cultural geographically distributed, or virtual project teams operating within the matrix organisation of ABC, a multinational company based in Switzerland. Design/methodology/approach – The research...

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A process for identifying the skills needed for operating in a self‐directed work team in a manufacturing setting

Kent, Thomas W. - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 12 (2006) 7/8, pp. 258-271

Purpose – The paper sets out to show that more and more firms are employing employee involvement systems to enhance motivation, employee performance and organizational productivity. Managers often attempt to install teams into a traditional manufacturing process by finding elements that they...

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When conflict happens: navigating difficult interactions in senior teams – fostering a culture of constructive engagement

Robinson, Carl - In: Business Strategy Series 11 (2010) 4, pp. 214-218

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to identify common ways of dealing with conflict, specifically in C‐level teams, and how to confront them frankly and respectfully. Design/methodology/approach – The author presents his views based on over 30 years' experience as an executive coach....

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Vijay Govindarajan: innovation coach to the developed and developing world

Leavy, Brian - In: Strategy & Leadership 39 (2011) 5, pp. 4-12

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an interview by Strategy & Leadership with Professor Vijay Govindarajan, one of the world's foremost experts on innovation execution and the co‐author of The Other Side of Innovation (2010), which discusses innovating for emerging markets,...

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Leadership in teams: managerial responses

Natale, Samuel M.; Sora, Sebastian A.; Kavalipurapu, … - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 10 (2004) 3/4, pp. 45-52

This paper explores the real issues in team effectiveness as they relate to leadership, assessment and policies in any business organization. Data are derived from a questionnaire that was given to 60 executives in different business organizations, creating a matrix of 1,020 answers which were...

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Influence of team composition and task complexity on team performance

Higgs, Malcolm; Plewnia, Ulrich; Ploch, Jorg - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 11 (2005) 7/8, pp. 227-250

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a research study which is designed to explore the interrelationship between team diversity and task complexity in terms of its impact on performance. Design/methodology/approach – Team diversity was operationalised using the Belbin Team Role...

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A social capital explanation of the relationship between functional diversity and group performance

Randy Evans, W.; Carson, Charles M. - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 11 (2005) 7/8, pp. 302-315

Purpose – Functional diversity research has resulted in equivocal findings for group performance suggesting the need for theoretical clarification. A review of previous functional diversity research indicates that high quality productive relationships are a key determinant in the performance...

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Managing complex team interventions

Barner, Robert - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 12 (2006) 1/2, pp. 44-54

professor in the areas of organizational change and teambuilding. Findings – The article concludes that team‐building failures … complexity of certain team‐building issues. Readers are introduced to six guidelines for managing complex team interventions …. Practical implications – This article is designed to help OD practitioners plan extremely complex and difficult team‐building …

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