Resources

 

 

Useful Publications

Bens, I. (2000). Facilitating with ease. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Hindle, T. (1998). Managing meetings. New York, DK Publishing.

Johnson, D. W. J., Frank P. (2000). Joining together. Boston, Allyn and Bacon.

Parker, G. (2002). Team depot. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.

Randolph, W. A. P., Barry Z (1998). Getting the job done! Managing project teams and task forces for success. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall.

Rees, F. (2001). How to lead work teams. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.

Thompson, L. (2004). Making the team. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall.

 

Websites

Effective Meetingshttp://www.effectivemeetings.com/Great site with useful free tips on how to run meetings.

3M Meeting Networkhttp://www.3m.com/meetingnetwork.  Very nice site with useful articles on groups, teams, and meetings  (if you can get past the promotion of the 3M products).

Workshops by Thiagi. www.thiagi.com. Site has lots of freebies useful for groups and teams who like experiential and game activities. 

University of North Texas, Center for the Study of Work Teams. www.workteams.unt.edu. Academic/practitioner site for teams at work.  Also has Team-Net, a ListServe on team issues.

Zigon Performance Group. www.zigonperf.com.  Good consultant site with some useful free articles and tips on teams and especially on performance issues.

American Society for Training & Development. www.astd.org   Good access to some training resources.

Management Assistance Project for Nonprofitshttp://www.mapnp.org/library.  Free library of online materials directed toward management issues for nonprofit organizations.