Team Building: Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance, Fourth Edition

The Authors

William G. Dyer was the past dean of the Marriott School of Management and founder of the Department of Organizational Behavior at Brigham Young University (BYU). He served as a private consultant to many companies, such as Exxon, General Foods, AT&T, and Honeywell. He was the author of numerous books and articles on the topics of organizational change and team dynamics. During the last years of his life, he devoted much of his time to the plight of Native Americans and others who were in need or disadvantaged. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from BYU and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He passed away in 1997.

W. Gibb Dyer Jr. is the O. Leslie Stone Professor of Entrepreneur-ship and the academic director of the Center for Economic Self-Reliance in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He received his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from BYU and his Ph.D. degree in management philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also served as a visiting professor at IESE (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa) in Barcelona, Spain, and in 2005 was a visiting scholar at the University of Bath in England. He publishes widely on the topics of family business, entrepreneurship, organizational culture, and managing change in organizations, and his articles have appeared in many of the top journals in his field. Because of his innovative approach to teaching, Dr. Dyer was awarded the 1990 Leavy Award for Excellence ...