The OED team has collected this list of team-related resources for use by the MIT community. We refer to these resources frequently in our work with clients at the Institute. We hope you'll enjoy them.

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BOOKS & ARTICLES

The Discipline of Teams
Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith
A classic in the literature on teams; a highly readable article that provide systematic findings on how and why teams work. If you're only going to read one article, I'd recommend this one.

Keeping Your Team Out of Trouble
Ingrid Bens
When teams are formed, there's a strong tendency to put on rose-colored glasses and focus on all the benefits. Too often there's no recognition that most teams will experience some interpersonal friction, not to mention other roadblocks. Ingrid Bens provides some prevention strategies for averting team conflict.

WEB SITES

Guide for Creating Teams
MIT Information Systems
An absolute treasure-trove of practical advice about teams including information about types of teams, forming teams, team development and meeting practices. Written for Information Systems (a team-based organization) but easily translated for use in other MIT environments. Easy to read and very user-friendly!

Research on Project Team Formation
A team report from MIT's Human Resource Practices Development Project, February 1999
This Human Resource Practices Development (HRPD) Team report focuses on the development of project teams at MIT and includes recommendations on how to form and develop project teams. An extremely readable and useful document to anyone interest in project teams, with applicability to standing work teams as well.

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