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Why Teams Don't Work
Hackman, J. Richard; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0905H-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. The belief that teams make us more creative and productive - and are the best way to get things done - is deeply entrenched. But Hackman, a professor of organizational psychology at Harvard and a leading expert on teams, is having none of it. Research, he says, con...Starting at €8.20
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Why Teams Don't Work (Spanish version)
Hackman, J. Richard; Coutu, DianeArticle HBS-R0905HLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. The belief that teams make us more creative and productive - and are the best way to get things done - is deeply entrenched. But Hackman, a professor of organizational psychology at Harvard and a leading expert on teams, is having none of it. Research, he says, con...Starting at €8.20
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The Team That Wasn't (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Wetlaufer, Suzy; Katzenbach, Jon R.; Hackman, J. Richard; Segol, Genevieve; Baard, Paul P.; Musselwhite, Ed; Hurson, Kathleen; Garber, MichaelArticle HBS-94612-ELeadership and People ManagementEric Holt had one responsibility as FireArt's director of strategy: to put together a team of people from each division and create and implement a comprehensive plan for the company's strategic realignment within six months. It seemed like an exciting, rewarding challenge. Unfortunately, the team got off on the wrong foot from its first meeting. Randy Louderback, FireArt's charismatic and extremely talented director of sales and marketing, seemed...Starting at €8.20
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Empowerment Effort That Came Undone (HBR Case and Commentary)
Rothstein, Lawrence R.; Hackman, J. Richard; Pascual, Elios; Gelinas, Mary V.; James, Roger G.; Randolph, W. AlanArticle HBS-95111-ELeadership and People ManagementGeorge Marlow, a manufacturing vice president at SportsGear, had been looking forward to this month's companywide meeting. Martin Griffin, SportsGear's CEO, was going to announce a new era of empowerment at the company. And as Martin gave his speech, he seemed to fill the entire auditorium with his enthusiasm. But Harry Lewis, a SportsGear veteran of more than 20 years, was not so sure. "What in the world does empowerment mean?" he asked. And ind...Starting at €8.20