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Working Together Effectively Before It All Goes Downhill
O'Leary, Michael; Mortensen, Mark; Woolley, AnitaArticle ART-1819-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementMultiple team membership (MTM) is a reality in todays workplace, with high-value employees lending their expertise to a variety of project teams. An estimated 65 percent of knowledge workers in the United States and Europe, for example, engage in MTM to some degree. But what is the effect of MTM on productivity and learning for individuals, teams and, ultimately, organizations? According to the authors, three mediators context switching, tempo...Starting at €8.20
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The Secrets of Great Teamwork (Spanish version)
Haas, Martine; Mortensen, MarkArticle HBS-R1606EStrategya shared mindset. This article details what team leaders should do to establish the four foundations for success. For instance, to promote a shared mindset, leaders should foster a common identity and common understanding among team members, with techniques such as "structured unstructured time." The authors also describe how to evaluate a team's effectiveness, providing an assessment leaders can take to see what's working and where there's room...Starting at €8.20
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The Overcommitted Organization
Mortensen, Mark; Gardner, Heidi K.Article HBS-R1705C-EBy assigning people to multiple teams at once, organizations can make more-efficient use of time and brainpower and do a better job of solving complex problems and sharing knowledge across groups. But competing priorities and other conflicts can make it hard for teams with overlapping membership to stay on track. Group cohesion often suffers, and people serving on several teams concurrently may experience burnout. Through extensive research and c...Starting at €8.20
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Pursue Your Dream or Move On? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Reinert, Sophus A.Article HBS-R2002M-EKnowledge and CommunicationA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work for an investment group that funds small businesses in Africa. Where would she have the most impact? This fictional case study by Sophus A. Reinert features expert commentary by Acha Leke and Mira Mehta. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this rep...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo pedalear en varios equipos sin perder el equilibrio
O'Leary, Michael; Mortensen, Mark; Woolley, AnitaArticle ART-1819Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementEl trabajo en múltiples equipos (Multiple team membership, MTM) es una realidad en el actual entorno laboral, en que los empleados de alto valor ponen en práctica sus aptitudes en distintos equipos de trabajo. Cerca de un 65% de los trabajadores del conocimiento en Estados Unidos y Europa, por ejemplo, están implicados de algún modo en trabajos MTM. Pero, ¿cuál es el efecto de este fenómeno en la productividad y el aprendizaje de individuos, equi...Starting at €8.20
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The Secrets of Great Teamwork
Haas, Martine; Mortensen, MarkArticle HBS-R1606E-EOver the years, as teams have grown more diverse, dispersed, digital, and dynamic, collaboration has become more complex. But though teams face new challenges, their success still depends on a core set of fundamentals. As J. Richard Hackman, who began researching teams in the 1970s, discovered, what matters most isn't the personalities or behavior of the team members; it's whether a team has a compelling direction, a strong structure, and a suppo...Starting at €8.20
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Pursue Your Dream or Move On (HBR Case Study)
Reinert, Sophus A.Article HBS-R2002X-EA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work for an investment group that funds small businesses in Africa. Where would she have the most impact? This fictional case study by Sophus A. Reinert features expert commentary by Acha Leke and Mira Mehta. For teaching purposes, this is the case-only version of the HBR case study. The commentary-onl...Starting at €8.20
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Pursue Your Dream or Move On (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Reinert, Sophus A.Article HBS-R2002Z-EA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work for an investment group that funds small businesses in Africa. Where would she have the most impact? This fictional case study by Sophus A. Reinert features expert commentary by Acha Leke and Mira Mehta. For teaching purposes, this is the commentary-only version of the HBR case study. The case-onl...Starting at €8.20