Guiding the Journey to Collaborative Work Systems is a hands–on, practical guide for dealing with the challenges of designing and implementing collaboration in the workplace....

Hardbound. Innovative breakthroughs, or even incremental improvements in products, are increasingly viewed as the key to business success. This work contains useful ideas for both practice and theory building from some of the world\'s leading thinkers on product development teams (PDT\'s)....

Volume 2 takes up where Volume 1 left off in presenting an interior view of work teams as they have struggled to become high-performance teams. It is designed for the practitioner who wants to see real-life examples of team implementation....

Book DescriptionThe ninth volume of the series Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams concludes the series with a focus on team-based organizing. The context for teams is critical to their success. Environmental factors may determine team goal accomplishment more than factors internal to the team do....

The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is a comprehensive reference that offers practitioners a resource for dealing with the challenges of designing and implementing collaborative work systems in value chains, organizational networks, partnerships with stakeholders, web-based teams, cross-functional teams, strategic alliances, and team-based org...

\"Finally, a book that goes beyond the \'how-to\' of team building and answers the critical question, \'How do I create a collaborative organization that reaps the harvest of long-term investment in teams?\' The \'ten principles of collaborative organizations\'outlined in this book are invaluable....

Hardbound. The chapters in this volume are drawn from the Center for Study of Work Teams most recent conference, one which brings practitioners and researchers together to share knowledge and experience. The chapters cover a diversity of issues and variables that contribute to successful teaming....