Addresses questions related to team building: Are teams appropriate for the situation? What kind of team is most relevant? What practical steps will develop and sustain effective teamwork? Looks at needs of four kinds of teams ranging from informal to formal, temporary to permanent: project, work, alliance, and network. (SK)

Suggests that team building can be enhanced by employing career anchor concepts to identify individual perceptions and by developing a "shared perceptions" model about performance related issues. Provides a guide to applying the model and includes a case study. (JOW)

Explores attitudes, values, and behavior needed to be an effective member of an action learning team, including group process skills and problem-solving approaches. (SK)

The authors introduce the concept of group facilitation skills for managers. They describe a framework that will help managers recognize group process problems, diagnose underlying causes of group problems, and consider how to take the group past its problems. (Author/CH)

Includes "Joining Forces" (Lindamood); "Spiritual Dimension of the Learning Organisation" (Hawkins); "Management--A 'Spiritual' Foundation?" (Nevard); "Hermit in Organisations" (Murray); "Towards a Spiritual Perspective on Behavior at Work" (Henson); "On Uncertainty" (Adlam); "Spirituality in Organisations" (Lee); "Ecological Organisation" (Conn);…