{"id":213,"date":"2019-03-19T20:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=213"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:49:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:49:19","slug":"putting-it-together-managing-groups-and-teams","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-organizationalbehavior\/chapter\/putting-it-together-managing-groups-and-teams\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Managing Groups and Teams","rendered":"Putting It Together: Managing Groups and Teams"},"content":{"raw":"Ford\u2019s team created the assembly line and the five day work week. Steve Jobs\u2019 team created the first real personal computer. Walt Disney\u2019s team created an empire around a happy little cartoon mouse.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-317\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/03\/29191522\/man-3230661_1920.jpg\" alt=\"four people holding hands in a circle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Great things can be accomplished by businesses when they assemble a group with the right set of skills and set them to work on a project. As they learn to work together, they produce a product that\u2019s far more than the sum of its individual parts.\r\n\r\nKnow that your team is put together well and that the group is well balanced, and put your best leadership skills in place to manage that team. That spells success for today\u2019s organizations, even as they face the constant headwinds of change.","rendered":"<p>Ford\u2019s team created the assembly line and the five day work week. Steve Jobs\u2019 team created the first real personal computer. Walt Disney\u2019s team created an empire around a happy little cartoon mouse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-317\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4052\/2019\/03\/29191522\/man-3230661_1920.jpg\" alt=\"four people holding hands in a circle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>Great things can be accomplished by businesses when they assemble a group with the right set of skills and set them to work on a project. As they learn to work together, they produce a product that\u2019s far more than the sum of its individual parts.<\/p>\n<p>Know that your team is put together well and that the group is well balanced, and put your best leadership skills in place to manage that team. 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