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Thinking Teams/Thinking Clients
Anne Opie
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Description for Thinking Teams/Thinking Clients
Paperback. A universal method of working with teams that focuses on working with knowledge and is applicable to a variety of disciplines. Drawing on Foucaultian theories of discourse, Thinking Teams / Thinking Clients presents a postmodern look at team work that stresses working with professional knowledge in an organized context. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Addressing a key concern in human service and other organizational settings concerned with effective teamwork, this book offers a new paradigm for conceptualizing the subject. Based on qualitative research conducted with teams working with the chronically ill, elderly, and with high-risk psychiatric patients, Anne Opie has developed a method of working with teams that focuses on teamwork as "knowledge work" and is applicable to a variety of disciplines and settings. Most discussions of teamwork have focused on the team players, notably their interpersonal relationships. Drawing on Foucauldian theories of discourse, Thinking Teams / Thinking Clients provides a postmodern analysis ... Read more
Addressing a key concern in human service and other organizational settings concerned with effective teamwork, this book offers a new paradigm for conceptualizing the subject. Based on qualitative research conducted with teams working with the chronically ill, elderly, and with high-risk psychiatric patients, Anne Opie has developed a method of working with teams that focuses on teamwork as "knowledge work" and is applicable to a variety of disciplines and settings. Most discussions of teamwork have focused on the team players, notably their interpersonal relationships. Drawing on Foucauldian theories of discourse, Thinking Teams / Thinking Clients provides a postmodern analysis ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231116855
SKU
V9780231116855
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Ref
99-15
About Anne Opie
Anne Opie is research manager for the Legal Services Board in Wellington, New Zealand. She has published extensively on issues in qualitative research and aging. Her writings include Beyond Good Intentions: Support Work with Older People.
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