Organisational Behaviour

The Warwick MBA
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Submitted by: 1168145
Date Sent: 25 November 2013
Module Title: Organisational Behaviour
Module Code: IB802B
Date/Year of Module: 2013
Submission Deadline: 25/11/2013
Word Count: 2949
Number of Pages: 12
Question:

Critically evaluate Teams as a way of organising work and the challenges involved in managing this kind of organisation. Use an example, or examples, from your own organisation (or others) and apply OB theories and research in your answer.

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Literature Review: Organising work for Teams and Team

References: 1. Belbin, R. M., 1993, Team Roles at work, Butterworth and Heinemann, p. 22. 2. Bernard, B., 1990, Bass & Stogdill’s Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications 3. Bion, W.R., 1961, Experiences in Groups and Other Papers. London: Tavistock Publications. 4. Bolman, L.G., and Deal, T.E., 2008 (4th ed.), Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership 5. Buelens, M. Broeck, H.V.D., Vanderheyden, K., Kreitner, R., and Kinicki, A., 2006, Organisational Behaviour 6. Butcher, D., and Bailey, C. 2000, Crewed Awakenings. People Management 7 8. Fineman, S., Sims, D., and Gabriel, Y. 2005, Organizing and Organization. (3ed), London: Sage Publications pp 9. Fisher, S. G., Hunter, T. A., and Macrosson, W.D.K., 1998, The Structure of Belbin’s Team Roles”, Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology 71(3), pp 10. French, R., and Vince, R. (Eds), 1999, Group Relations Management and Organisation, NY: Oxford University Press. 15. Janis, I.L., 1982, (2nd ed.), Groupthink. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 16. Jones, S.R.G., 1992, pp. 451-468, Was There a Hawthorne Effect. Journal of Sociology 98 (3). 17. Katzenback, J.R. and Smith, D.K., 1993a, The Discipline of Teams. Harvard Business Review, March-April, pp 18. Katzenback, J.R. and Smith, D.K., 1993b, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organisation 19. Keidel, R.W., 1987 pp. 591-612) Team Sports Models as a Generic Organizational Framework 20. Knights, D., Willmott, H., (eds), 2012 (2nd ed.), Introducing Organizational Behaviour and Management 21. LaFasto, F., and Larson, C.E., 2001, When Teams Work Best. Thousand Oaks, Calif. 24. Reiger, B.J., 1995, Lessons in Productivity and People. Training and Development, pp 56-8 25. Schein, E.H., 1988, Organisational Psychology, (3rd ed.), Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, p 26. Selz, M., 11 January, 1994, Testing Self-Managed Teams, Entrepreneur Hopes to Lose Job 27. Yunker, G.W. 1993 pp179-183, An Explanation of Positive and Negative Hawthorne Effects: Evidence from the Relay Assembly Test Room and Bank Wire Observation 4. Bennett, R. 1997. (3rd ed.), Organizational Behaviour. England: Pearson Education Limited. 5. Bernard, B., 1990, Bass & Stogdill’s Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications 6. Bion, W.R., 1961, Experiences in Groups and Other Papers. London: Tavistock Publications. 7. Bloisi, W., Cook, C.W., and Hunsaker, P.L., 2007, Management and Organisational behaviour, (2nd ed.), Berkshire: McGraw Hill Education. 8. Bolman, L.G., and Deal, T.E., 2008 (4th ed.), Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership 9. Buelens, M. Broeck, H.V.D., Vanderheyden, K., Kreitner, R., and Kinicki, A., 2006, Organisational Behaviour 10. Butcher, D., and Bailey, C. 2000, Crewed Awakenings. People Management 11 12. Fineman, S., Sims, D., and Gabriel, Y. 2005, Organizing and Organization. (3ed), London: Sage Publications pp 13. Fisher, S. G., Hunter, T. A., and Macrosson, W.D.K., 1998, The Structure of Belbin’s Team Roles”, Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology 71(3), pp 14. French, R., and Vince, R. (eds), 1999, Group Relations Management and Organisation, NY: Oxford University Press. 18. Hackman, J.R., 1987 pp. 315-342, The Design of Work Teams. In J.W. Lorsch (Ed.), Handbook of Organisational Behaviour 19. Handy, C. 1993, Understanding Organisations, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books.