Today, project managers operate in a global environment and work on joint projects characterized by cultural diversity. Teamwork is the key to project success. This book focuses on developing and sustaining the project team throughout the project life cycle and promotes working inter-dependently in a climate of mutual trust and a win-win atmosphere. It will help readers understand the stages of team development, build strong project teams by eliminating barriers to high performance, select and organize the project team for success by gaining commitment through participative decision-making, and develop a matching skill and responsibility matrix.

After reading this book, project leaders should be able to create an environment to facilitate open and effective communication, develop trust and motivation within the project team, and develop appropriate team leadership styles and strategies to suit the project. This book is Volume Three of The Human Aspects of Project Management Series.

Look for Volume One & Two of The Human Aspects of Project Management Series: Organizing Projects for Success & Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager.

It goes into areas such as how to inspire team performance, and how to develop self-managed work teams, then transform them into self-motivated project teams. It also contains self-assessment exercises that are valuable checkpoints as you follow the advice in the book.

Most of the advice is common sense, but the material should be read by every practicing project manager at least once a year for a reminder of what's important.

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How To Do It Right!  May 04, 2010 By Thomas Outt
This series of books pretty much stands for ethics, common sense, and an ethos that advocates empowering people on all levels. I can only wish that I encounter such folk at some point in the not-too-distant future in my Civil Service employment path--that, or hook up with Shirley Maclaine! Being a victim is not my first choice on the list of life accomplishments. I do not like the script that is continually being foisted upon me, and am in a constant state of protest. I look to people like Rosa Parks for my inspiration. Accepting the status quo, rolling over and playing dead, no, that's not "it." Managing the Project Team

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Managing the Project Team  Jun 28, 2002
Excellent service. The book arrived quicker than I expected and in excellent condition. I ordered on 6-25 and received the book on 6-27. I am very pleased.