Changing the Way We Work
Changing the Way We Work
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Summary
This work examines the nature of work itself and provides a tool to structure jobs and people more effectively. Tasks are classified into colours - BLUE work (task orientated and structured), YELLOW (personal responsibility), Grey (unstructured), WHITE (future) and Orange (team responsibility).
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Changing the Way We Work by R Meredith Belbin
How many problems at work arise from the way in which jobs are set up? Either people don't have a clear understanding of their duties and responsibilities, spending time and energy disentangling them from those of their co-workers or they are hemmed in by job specifications that allow no room for movement and initiative. An alternative system is needed, where jobs can grow and develop: where communication about the work can flow up as easily as down. Dr Belbin describes a radical approach incorporating colour-coding and information technology derived from experiments now being undertaken in three countries. Workset is a new means of delivering greater efficiency in a dynamic process that equally involves managers and jobholders. Dr R. Meredith Belbin, regarded as the father of team-role theory for his widely-read Management Teams: Why they succeed or fail and its successor Team Roles at Work, obtained his first and higher degree at Cambridge University. Later, in a research, lecturing or consulting capacity, he has visited and worked in many countries. In 1988 he founded Belbin Associates which produces Interplace, a computer-based Human Resource Management System, now used world-wide.
Review of The Coming Shape of Organization 'A new book from the father of team-role theory is an event..this stimulating, brief analysis suggesting that an effective model for the new flatter organization may be a helix, in which individuals and teams move forward on the basis of excellence rather than function.' The Director, July 1996
R. Meredith Belbin was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit. A founder Member of Belbin Associates, he is also Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of Henley Management College
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780750628747 |
| ISBN 10 | 075062874X |
| Title | Changing the Way We Work |
| Author | R Meredith Belbin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-03-27 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |