{"id":209,"date":"2019-03-19T17:39:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T17:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=209"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:49:45","slug":"introduction-to-theories-of-group-and-teamwork","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/chapter\/introduction-to-theories-of-group-and-teamwork\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Theories of Group and Teamwork","rendered":"Introduction to Theories of Group and Teamwork"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Describe the study and theories of group and teamwork<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-306\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/03\/29180118\/people-3370833_1920.jpg\" alt=\"decorative image\" width=\"350\" height=\"219\" \/>We talked at some length about self-managed teams. 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