There is ample anecdotal evidence, as well as an emergent body of literature, which examines the role of entrepreneurial teams in the success and growth of businesses. Earlier research by the authors has demonstrated that the core competence required by founding entrepreneurs is the ability to...

Reports on the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Conference of April 1994. Manchester United is cited as a model for team building and CQI. The practice of teamwork, with commitment from top management, was a recurring theme. CQI means keeping fresh, investing new concepts and new methods of...

Examines the AA′s method of training staff by empowerment based on encouraging customer care skills, team leadership abilities and team‐building initiatives. Concludes that managers need to learn to adapt to this empowerment in order to take advantage of the “hidden talents” of staff.

This article focuses on, examines and contrasts two managerial inventories: the Spectral management theory (SMT) and the Belbin team roles inventory. The SMT inventory is one of the only approaches that involves not only a management typology, but also learning roles as well as team assessment....

Senior executive teams are often a microcosm of the culture in which they exist, while also responsible for creating that very culture. Thus, developing the senior executive team as an effective coalition is crucial to creating sustainable organization change. However, the unique composition and...

Reports results from an extensive survey of major American change programmes which revealed a set of clusters of interventions. Most typically, the change programmes involved combinations of intervention techniques. Team‐building, strategic planning, skill building and restructuring were the...

Current changes in Australian and world economic and social climates have implications for business leadership, particularly at the middle and senior management levels. Surveys business executives attending a well‐known Australian management college during 1991 and 1992 and provides an...

Points out that a significant element of an individual′s life is through groups and that there are many different aspects of groups in organizational life. Holds that the informal influence a group exerts on individual members through socialization, enforcement of norms and development of...

Operant technologies have been criticized as being too micro‐oriented and simplistic to apply to the complex problems and interdependent issues associated with major organizational change and development efforts. Describes an organization change and development effort in an international...

With the growth in teamworking, organizations are increasingly turning to team role models in the hope of enhancing the effectiveness of their teams. However, such models can be both expensive to buy‐in and administer. Examines significant similarities between the two major team role models...