Overview
Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders provides expert-backed strategies for cultivating top-performing teams across public and private industries. The updated Seventh Edition offers cutting-edge methodologies tailored to modern work dynamics, supporting maximum productivity and collaboration.
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Author: Susan A. Wheelan ,
Maria Åkerlund ,
Christian Jacobsson
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc Ebooks
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Edition: 7th Revised edition
Weight: 0.250kg
ISBN: 9781071922231
ISBN 10: 1071922238
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professor of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s Great Teacher Award in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings. Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders; and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication. Maria Åkerlund is CEO of GDQ Associates AB, the current owner of the Group Development Questionnaire created by Susan Wheelan. She is a licensed psychologist and has worked as an industrial and organizational psychologist for 30 years, consulting with leaders, managers, employees, and teams in private companies as well as organizations in the public sector in Sweden. She is one of the authors of the books Teamutveckling i Teori och Praktik (Team Development in Theory and Practice) and Teams in the Spotlight. Christian Jacobsson is head of research at GDQ Associates AB and associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is a licensed psychologist and has worked as an industrial and organizational psychologist for about 35 years and been involved in many large-scale team development projects as a project leader. Christian mainly conducts research on leadership and team development and has published about 60 articles, conference proceedings, or books on these topics. He is one of the authors of the books Teamutveckling i Teori och Praktik (Team Development in Theory and Practice) and Teams in the Spotlight.
