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TEAM MANAGEMENT
TRAITS OF TOP- PERFORMING GROUPS
Much research and advice about eective teams and teamwork abounds on the
Internet, in libraries and booksellers, and through seminars, workshops, and other
venues. Chapter 1 examined details about eective leadership, management, and
followership that also apply to teamwork so that teams of any size and sort can be as
successful as possible. For our purposes in public relations, and without going into
the rich details about small- group dynamics, at least two fundamental questions about
teams dominate: (1) What are the traits of eective teams? and (2) On what grounds do
eective teams thrive? Two particular long- range and broad- based studies completed
by Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson (LaFasto ...