Facilitating Work Team Effectiveness
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Small Group Research
- Vol. 30 (1) , 108-129
Abstract
This case study explored the links between the developmental profiles of three groups working in a semigovernmental organization in Central America, and it suggests strategies to improve the effectiveness and productivity of those groups. The findings suggested that a brief intervention based on a detailed analysis of a group’s developmental level can produce significant changes in that group’s level of functioning and productivity. Although these results are promising, more studies, employing a more rigorous research design, will be necessary to confirm these findings.Keywords
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