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CHAPTER 11 – WORK GROUPS AND TEAMS

Self-managed teams

• http://groups.yahoo.com (self-managed virtual groups)
• www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/slf_drct/slf_drct.htm

 

Work teams in practice

• www.berr.gov.uk/employment/research-evaluation/wers-2004/index.html (2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey)
• www.managementandleadershipcouncil.org (team learning and leadership)
• http://web.mit.edu/ist/competency/summary.html (team learning and leadership)
• www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/slf_drct/slf_drct.htm (self-directed and self-managed work teams)
• www.workteams.unt.edu (Centre for the Study of Work Groups)
• www.honda.com (team working in Europe and North America)
• http://ptcpartners.com/Team/home.htm (team working in Europe and North America)
• www.sony.com (team working in Europe and North America)

 

Groupthink

• www.abacon.com/commstudies/groups/groupthink.html
• www.afirstlook.com (information on how groupthink can influence decision making)

 

Experiments undertaken by Asch and Milgram

• www.new-life.net/milgram.htm
• www.qeliz.ac.uk/psychology/Asch.htm

 

 

CHAPTER 12 - COMMUNICATIONS

General

• www.data-archive.ac.uk (Summary of ‘2004 Employee Relations Survey’)
• www.executiveplanet.com (i nternational business culture and etiquette)
• www.expertmagazine.com/articles/gendergap.htm (workplace communication barriers for women)
• www.xpdnc.com

 

Communication and HR

• www.hrinz.org.nz ( New Zealand’s HR Institute)
• www.stiffsentences.com (written communication strategies of HR departments)

 

CHAPTER 13: DECISION MAKING

Employee involvement schemes

• www.acas.org.uk (general information)
• www.eianet.org (general information)
• http://hrdc-drhc.gc.ca (general information)
• www.berr.gov.uk/employment/research-evaluation/wers-2004/index.html (Britain)
• www.hreonline.com/HRE/index.jsp ( USA)
• www.clc-ctc.ca ( Canada)
• http://dscholar.humboldt.edu:8080/dspace/handle/2148/305 (article on the connection between employee involvement, productivity and profitability)
• www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/cs/sp/hrsd/prc/publications/research/2000-002584/page00.shtml (connection between employee involvement and profitability)

 

Examples of Employee Involvement practices

Follow the ‘employee participation’ and/or the ‘communication’ link to explore employee involvement practices in the four companies listed below.

• www.ge.com
• www.walmart.com
• www.ibm.com
• www.ici.com

 

Ethics

• www.ethics.org (Ethics Resource Centre; t he site includes web links , articles , an ethics effectiveness quick test , and an “ask the expert” archive of ethics related questions)

 

Problem-solving

• www.thinksmart.com

 

CHAPTER 14 – POWER, POLITICS AND CONFLICT

Theories of power

• www.michel-foucault.com/concepts/index.html (guide to key concepts in Foucault including his theories on power)
• http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-gram.htm (Gramsci’s theory of hegemony)

 

Power models in organisational analysis

• www.educationforum.co.uk/sociology_2/power2.htm
• www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/ejrot/EJROT(newdesign).asp

Industrial disputes

• www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5202/win1919.htm (industrial dispute in Canada)
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6274258.stm (Royal Mail strike in the UK)