Teamworking

'The best book on team work so far. Well structured.' - Uma Kanagaratnam, University of East London 'This is an excellent book which helps review current research and theory. It is a useful antidote to the more prescriptive view of teamworking.' - Fiona Wilson, Glasgow University '[A]n extremely good, current text...include[s] several excellent...studies.' - John Ramsay, Staffordshire University 'This is an excellent book, meeting a definite need in the market...I strongly recommend it to anyone specialising in this area.' - P.A. Lord, Thames Valley University Business School

What is teamworking, how can organizations enjoy the benefits claimed by it, and what does teamworking imply for employees? This book explores in great depth the issues raised by teamworking, how teamworking can be managed and how it is experienced by employees.What is teamworking? How can organisations enjoy the benefits claimed for it? What does teamworking imply for employees? Against the background of an enormous resurgence of interest in teamworking, this book provides neither simplistic prescriptions nor knee-jerk condemnation of the idea. It explores in great depth the issues raised by teamworking, how teamworking can be managed and how it is experienced by employees.

Teamworking will become the essential starting point for anyone interested in contemporary debates concerning organisations and work, whether on postgraduate, post-experience, undergraduate or professional courses, or practitioners.