Making the Team: Pearson New International Edition

by Leigh L. Thompson

About the Book
Making the Team is for leaders, managers, and executives—anyone who has to work with people and teams. Making the Team gives leaders answers to hard questions and provides proven solutions to some of management's greatest challenges: Dealing with conflict productively Increasing creativity Managing diversity Evaluating and rewarding team performance Leveraging the team within the organization Managing global teamwork Motivating and leading people The Kellogg Culture
The Kellogg School of Management is known throughout the world for its culture of teamwork. Kellogg students are exceptional in their simultaneous ability to lead as well as be team players. Student input is essential to the faculty's teaching methods at Kellogg. The faculty of the Management and Organizations Department at Kellogg brings their world-class research on teamwork into the classroom to create a powerful and interactive group learning experience. The strong Kellogg culture of teamwork inspired the writing of this book, whose key purpose is to expose some of the winning strategies of a teamwork culture.

Genres: Business, Management, Leadership, Nonfiction

440 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 1999

Reviews

[Jordan Hartmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many great concepts densely packed. Often, it will jump down a rabbit trail not connected to the section's topic, and often topics are briefly mentioned with no level of detail that could make them understandable. Overall, I will keep this book for reference.

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favourite management book of all time. Why? Everything in it is scientifically backed up. It provides specific suggestions about how to deal with issues in performance measurement, team building and change management (among others). Also, it is relatively short for a textbook. Brilliant. Useful. Top shelf.

[C.J. Capen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very helpful for team building and managing teams.

[Jevgenij · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reads like a glossary of management related terms.

[Michelle King · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book that helps managers to understand how to best build and manage teams

[Jess Aurand · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s so dense, but chock full of incredible information. A great reference book!

[san · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this one for a class — I actually really enjoyed the content. If you are a leader or part of a team, this book is a great resource for you!

[Santosh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Textbook!

[Veronica Russell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for a class, it’s fine, covers basic team design and optimization principles.

[Jimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good as textbooks go

[Shayla Flynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Embarrassing but I did actually read this textbook for a class and it was objectively good and informative

[Werter Maiani · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard to read; it’s more of a compendium of everything, a reference book.

[Pedram]

I should read it for my course and for its exam, Not so much fun. It seams that every group' moves have been theorized here. But you can find every theories and concepts about teams in an organization in this book.

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first textbook I had to read for my Master's degree. But it's a textbook. How much can one like a textbook?