Team Roles at Work - Softcover

Belbin, Meredith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750609257 ISBN 13: 9780750609258

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Written as a follow-up to his book, "Management Teams: Why They Succeed or Fail", R. Meredith Belbin develops his ideas further, using feedback gained through the users of this work. The ways in which personalities are moulded by the roles played and the benefits of managing the two dimensional are explained. Members of a management team need to combine a team role with a functional role. Belbin has refined and identified ways by which, for example, ineligible people turn out to be suitable - a surprise fit - so that organizations can recruit a range of personnel to match their requirements. Initially, an overview of the development of team roles is given, ranging from formal job titles arranged in strict hierarchies to an interdependence and co-operation between members of the team. Various operational strategies are laid out which provide ideas and techniques that can be learned to advantage. The political aspects of team role management are also discussed in the light of newly acquired understanding and experience.

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Review

'If you are really interested in learning and developing skills in teambuilding, there are certainly no books on the market that can beat Belbin's books in this subject area. Exceptional!'
Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster

About the Author

R. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750609257
• ISBN 13: 9780750609258
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160