Management training to ensure excellent team performance

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to highlight areas in which targeted management training will have the greatest impact on creating effective teams.

Design/methodology/approach

The current best practices from the research literature are presented such that a reasonable program of management training for effective teamwork is proposed.

Findings

Training professionals have an opportunity to demonstrate their value to organizations by delivering targeted training about how to manage teams through the planning, staffing, launch, and conclusion of a team.

Practical implications

Professional trainers can provide a needed link from the known best practices for managing teamwork to educating team managers about how to instill those best practices within their teams.

Originality/value

This paper links factors leading to effective teamwork with a rational for and the key subjects areas that should comprise management training focused on the effective management of teams.

Citation

Brodke, M. (2013), "Management training to ensure excellent team performance", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 45 No. 7, pp. 428-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-05-2013-0032