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17 Mar 2022
News

Research: To Excel, Diverse Teams Need Psychological Safety

28 Jun 2011
News

Turn Your Group into a True Team

July 1996
Case

Buck & Pulleyn's Team Management

In 1993, the firm began to move from a traditional hierarchical structure to client-focused teams. The case describes the process and some consequences of this restructuring. Performance seems to be improving, but some employees preferred the structure certainty and... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Change Management; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams

Educators

April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
Case

New England Patriots, The: Making the Team

Examines the organizational strategy of a professional football team that contributed to the team's sustained success. Considers several aspects of the team's "blueprint" with respect to players: recruitment, retention, task structure, training, culture, and... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Sports; Compensation and Benefits; Sports Industry; New England

Educators

02 May 2012
News

How to Make Your Team More Creative

12 Apr 2010
News

A SWAT Team For Performance

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

March–April 1977
Article

Task Teams for Rapid Growth

By: William W. George

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Growth and Development

June 2016
Article

Wicked Problem Solvers: Lessons from Successful Cross-industry Teams

By: Amy C. Edmondson

Companies today increasingly rely on teams that span many industries for radical innovation, especially to solve “wicked problems.” So leaders have to understand how to promote collaboration when roles are uncertain, goals are shifting, expertise and organizational... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Leadership Style; Collaborative Innovation and Invention

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Teams | New Venture Competition

Teams Business Track Winners, 2025 Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025), Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Business Track Winner Accelerating AI model development for physical AI. HydroHaul Eli Litchman (MBA 2025), Fenil Desai Business Track... View Details

January 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Satera Team at Imatron Systems, Inc. (A), The

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Elizabeth Schatzel

Escalating conflict has erupted within the Satera product development team, resulting from the conflicting cognitive styles of the two senior mechanical engineers. The conflict has taken a toll on both project progress and team morale, endangering one of the most... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Management; Business or Company Management; Groups and Teams; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Educators

Web

Teams | New Venture Competition

Teams Social Enterprise Track Winners, 2025 Lexi Linh Pham (MDE 2025) Siddharth UR (MDE 2025) Jen Li (MBA 2025) Luke Fiorante (MDE 2026) Social Enterprise Track Winner Breaking language barriers with AI-powered medical interpretation for... View Details

March 2012
Article

Teams Have Changed: Catching Up to the Future

By: Ruth Wageman, Heidi K. Gardner and Mark Mortensen

Modern global trends are changing the face of teams. But we believe that much of today's teams research focuses us on the present and the past while barely acknowledging the future. Much more radical changes exist in what is already happening to teams and what is... View Details

Keywords: Trends; Globalization; Groups and Teams; Research

July 2022
Supplement

Building the Team at BlackBerry

By: Ranjay Gulati

20 May 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

Neither Jeff Surette (MBA 2010) nor Mike Peters (MBA 2017) expected to be drafted onto a team with Tom Brady after business school. However, the perspectives, experience, and skills they each brought to the table were exactly what Tom Brady was looking for as he and... View Details

January 2022
Module Note

A Note on Team Effectiveness

By: Caroline M. Elkins