Main description:

This volume presents the work of clinical health care teams and natural work groups, quality improvement teams, committees, and task forces made up of employees in health care settings. It discusses proven multidimensional instruments that measure team performance along with future needs for measuring team performance. It will be a resource for medical instructors and students, public health workers, and health administrators interested in team management.

Contents:

List of Tables. Editors. List of Contributors. Foreword. Preface.
Part I: Conceptualizing Model and Measurement. 1. Teams in Health Care Settings; G.D. Heinemann. 2. Measuring Team Performance in Health Care Settings; A.M. Zeiss. 3. A Model of Team Performance; G.D. Heinemann, A.M. Zeiss. 4. Organizational and Team Structure; S.A. Brallier, R.A. Tsukuda. 5. Organizational and Team Context; S.K. Harmon, S.A. Brallier, G.F. Brown. 6. Team Process; L.O. Nichols, A.M. Defriese, C.C. Malone. 7. Team Productivity; M.S. Waite, S.B. Hoffman.
Part II: Reviewing and Evaluating Team Performance Instruments. 8. Critiquing and Summarizing Instruments; S. Brallier, S. Lovett, T.F. Miller. 9. Focused Instruments; R.A. Tsukuda. 10. Middle-Range Instruments; S.B. Hoffman. 11. Broad-Spectrum Instruments; M.S. Waite, L.O. Nichols. 12. Full-Spectrum Instruments; G.F. Brown, E.P. Mahairas. 13. Instruments for Health Care Teams; G.F. Brown, M.S. Waite. 14. Assessment and Development: Now and in the Future; S. Lovett, A.M. Zeiss, G.D. Heinemann.
Index.