In this business novel about teams in the workplace, a man embarks on the daunting 18-month task of leading a cross-functional team in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a revolutionary piece of communications equipment--code-named "FlyingFox". Along the way, this drama provides important lessons about teams: how to create a group that works together; how to deal with the typical phases a team goes through; why technology can impede success; how to set clear, achievable goals; and how to keep communication open.
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In this business novel about teams in the workplace, a man embarks on the daunting 18-month task of leading a cross-functional team in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a revolutionary piece of communications equipment--code-named "FlyingFox". Along the way, this drama provides important lessons about teams: how to create a group that works together; how to deal with the typical phases a team goes through; why technology can impede success; how to set clear, achievable goals; and how to keep communication open.
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Very Good. Great book! Mild shelf wear on dustjacket, slightly aged, no writing or marks in text. From Publishers Weekly: Subtitled A Business Adventure in Teams and Teamwork, this "business novel" purports to demonstrate a management technique called "cross-functional teams, " in which members of different departments within a company cooperate to develop, market and sell a new product. Ron Delaney, a mid-level manager at Fungible Company Incorporated (FCI), heads a group working on a new piece of office equipment called ""FlyingFox."" Ron and his team members, all corporate stereotypes, act out an array of problems, setbacks and solutions involved in ""realistic"" cross-functional teamwork. Judged on its fictional merits, this book is a sound loser; anyone in his or her right mind would rather be reading John Grisham. It fares better as a business aid, but only if the reader is prepared to glean personal career tips from Ron and his cohorts as they write memos, attend meetings and obsess about their corporate futures. First-novelist Butman ( Car Wars ) occasionally offers philosophical pointers on living and working in the brave new world of corporate teamwork, but he fails to provide the kind of concise, practical information that would make his fiction a useful primary business text. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
