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You might ask what inspired my research into the topic of high performance teamwork. Quite simply, it was the observation, backed later by much research evidence, that teams are the basic structure of human endeavor.
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Further reading
Wageman, R., Nunes, D. A., Burruss, J. A. and Hackman, J. R. (2008) Senior Leadership Teams: What it takes to make them Great, Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
West, M. A. (2004) The Secrets of Successful Team Management: How to Lead a Team to Innovation, Creativity and Success, London: Duncan Baird Publishers.
West, M. A. (2010) Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research – 3rd Edition, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
West, M. A. and Markiewicz, L. (2004) Building Team-based Working: A Practical Guide to Organizational Transformation, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
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Barchas, P. (1986) “A Sociophysiological Orientation to Small Groups”, in F. Lawler (ed.) Advances in Group Processes, Volume 3, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp. 209–46.
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West, M. (2012). The Essence of High Performance Teams. In: Rathbone, C.L.H. (eds) Ready for Change?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137008404_7
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