Increasing Work Group Effectiveness: Combining Corporate Adventure Training with Traditional Team Building Methods.

Maxwell, Jon

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Publication Date: 1997

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Increasing Work Group Effectiveness: Combining Corporate Adventure Training with Traditional Team Building Methods.

Maxwell, Jon

Journal of Experiential Education, v20 n1 p26-33 May 1997

Discusses the goals of team building, scope of team-building interventions, and specific contributions of both experiential (corporate adventure training) and nonexperiential (traditional) methods for increasing work-group effectiveness. A model for effectively combining the two approaches involves establishing goals, clarifying team members' roles and responsibilities, improving work processes, and fostering relationships among team members. Contains 23 references. (LP)

Descriptors: Adventure Education, Cooperation, Corporate Education, Experiential Learning, Goal Orientation, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Intervention, Models, Team Training, Teamwork, Training Methods, Transfer of Training

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Language: English

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