Designing creative high power teams and organizations : beyond leadership /

Designing creative high power teams and organizations : beyond leadership /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Stein, Eric W., author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (182 pages)) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Human resource management and organizational behavior collection, 1946-5645
2014 digital library.
Human resource management and organizational behavior collection.
Subject:
Teams in the workplace.
Teams in the workplace.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236250
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ISBN:9781606497975
1606497979
9781606497968
Notes:Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 26, 2014).
Part of: 2014 digital library.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
Summary:The very best firms today are poietic organizations; that is, they are exceptional at streamlining the processes of ideation, creation, and production. Toward that end, poietic organizations do two things well: (1) they design and develop high power teams, and (2) they create an organizational culture and context that supports improvisation, design, experimentation, aesthetic awareness, and strengths development. Great teams exhibit the same characteristics: trust, commitment, and energy. The first half of this book shows the reader how to assess team member strengths using personality factors and multiple intelligences theory. Following the assessments, the book illustrates how to best represent and share this information to promote team development. Three types of high performance teams are examined: improvisational teams, design teams, and research teams. The second half of this book examines the major models and images upon which organizations are constructed, and the pros and cons of these choices. Next, we look at the rise of the poietic organization and its characteristics; that is, ones that innovate on a frequent basis. The differences between ordinary organizations and poietic organizations are highlighted, and why being a poietic organization confers competitive advantage. Finally, we look at ways to transform your organization into a poietic organization. In summary, this book is about how to design and develop creative high power teams and organizations, and explains why some firms lead the way to blue oceans while others languish in red seas.
Other form:Print version: 9781606497968
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Team assessment and development using personality factors
  • 3. Team assessment and development using multiple intelligences theory
  • 4. Team design with roles
  • 5. High performance improvisational teams
  • 6. High performance design teams
  • 7. High performance research and scientific teams
  • 8. Models of organizations
  • 9. Rise of the poietic organization
  • 10. Organizational transformation
  • 11. Transforming your organization into a high power creative design system
  • 12. Summary and conclusions
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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