General framework

Discuss the emergence of teams as a key feature if the modern workplace and trace its origins in the context of the changes in thinking associated with the development of schools of management thought.

1. Outline Tuckman’s stages in team development identifying the leader’s role at each stages (use examples)

2. Apply insights from the study of managerial decision making to decision making in teams.

3. Give examples of how the physical structures have been designed to facilitate teamwork.

4. Outline the ways in which mangers might promote teamwork.

2500 words with summary .