Group and team work / Ricardo Flores and Antonina Bauman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Team work in business education: history, key concepts, and challenges -- 2. Courses including team work: considerations for use -- 3. How to prepare and implement team work in business courses -- 4. Annotated bibliography and additional resources

Setting out a step-by-step guide to the implementation of a theoretically robust team work-centric approach to education, Group and Team Work explains valuable team work theory and its practical dynamics. It details specific approaches educators can take to effectively play different roles, such as that of facilitator, instructor and coach, thus depicting a varied and detailed picture of team work in higher education. Offering a concise overview of team learning pedagogies, this accessible book provides globally relevant teaching strategies alongside invaluable supplementary resources. Chapters discuss factors that may impact the way that team work can and should be structured in modern business schools. Ultimately, they insist that educators must reconsider current team work practices in order to achieve better results. This essential book will provide lecturers of business, management and entrepreneurship with crucial teaching strategies that will aid in class engagement. It will also be useful for PhD students working in higher education institutions.