Management Teams Why they succeed or fail

Every manager needs to be able to get the most from their teams for projects to be cost and time effective, but in todays world staff turnover is high and employees move between companies often, so they need to be able to get up to speed in a new team efficiently. However, too often corporations are preoccupied with qualifications and experience and practical traits are neglected because it is impossible to find the perfect employee who possesses all the traits deemed to be necessary. Meredith Belbins work on teams has become part of everyday language for managers around the world because it addresses these issues with the nine team roles method. The Management of Teams, 3e, is a practical introduction to the team role method, written with the manager in mind to help them understand why this method could improve the effectiveness of their teams based on a rigorous, academically sound framework for todays business.Now in its 3e, it has been completely rewritten and fully updated for managers and trainers, with succinct, practical information that demonstrates how to apply management theory learned into practical action to make a real difference in the workplace.

• Benefit from Belbin’s own experience of putting the Team Roles method into practice • Succinct and practical information to enable managers to make a real difference in the workplace • Real-life case studies show how to apply the theory in practice Meredith Belbin’s unique and widely-read work on teams has become part of everyday language for organizations around the world. For every manager, getting the most from their team is paramount in achieving superior results. Belbin’s vital area of management research supersedes the usual preoccupations with qualifications and experience, considering instead the Team Role behaviours which shape everyday interactions in teams. Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail is an account of the experimental study of management teams at Henley Management College from which Belbin’s unique Team Role theory developed. Now in its third edition the original theory has been fully updated and rewritten in parts by the author, with chapter summaries and updated illustrations. This is the original book by Meredith Belbin, offering the only authoritative explanation of how Belbin’s world-famous Team Role language came into being. Download and print a free, full-page summary of Team Roles with their icons, descriptions, strengths and allowable weaknesses from http://www.belbin.com/books/books.htm 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. Related Title Belbin: Team Roles at Work, 2e, ISBN: 978-1-85617-800-6

A Study of Teams: How It All Began; The Apollo Syndrome; Teams Containing Similar Personalities; Identifying further Team Roles; Team Leadership; The Missing Team Roles; Developing an inventory; Unsuccessful teams; Winning teams; Ideal team size; Features of good members of a team; Teams in Public Affairs; How Belbin reports developed; Case Studies in Using Belbin