In this age of rapidly changing technology, market-driven decision making, customer sophistication, and employee restlessness, leaders and managers are faced with new challenges. Organizations must build new structures and master new skills in order to compete and survive. As work settings become more complex and involve increased numbers of interpersonal interactions, individual effort has less impact. In order to increase efficiency and effectiveness, a group effort is required. The creation of teams has become a …showed first 75 words of 1627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1627 total…decision that is even harder to unmake. Managers must learn how to make this decis! ion and afford each team participant the skills and resources necessary to be effective in the team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** BIBLIOGRAPHY Reilly, A.J., & Jones, J.E. (1974). Team-building. In J.W. Pfeiffer (Eds.), The 1974 annual handbook for group facilitators. San Diego, CA: University Associates. Woodcock, M., & Francis, D. (1981). Organization Development through Team Building: Planning a cost-effective strategy. New York: John Wiley.