This is a good book that won't weigh you down or take you a month to wade through. It's also low cost and practical.

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Product Description

If you are a member of a cross-functional team, you will benefit from this quick-read text. This book illustrates what cross-functional teams are, how to be an effective team member, and the many uses of cross-functional teams.
Including:

• Process improvement
• Benchmarking
• ISO and QS implementation

A process of creating and maintaining cross-functional teams is provided, as well as advice on how to avoid some of the pitfalls and obstacles associated with these teams.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1476823 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10-16
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 84 pages

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Customer Reviews

Very narrow introduction to cross-functional teams
The "basics of cross-functional teams" is a very small book which introduces the concept of cross-functional teams. However the introduction is very narrow and it seems to mainly focus on cross-functional teams which are involved in quality improvement and certification projects like ISO9001.

The book feels fairly traditional-management oriented and it doesn't discuss very much about the changes in culture, the changes in organization and how a cross-functional team would work themselves. It doesn't provide any references, stories or research on cross-functional teams.

The book just provides a very short overview of project/team work and touches on some important points like values, mission, conflict etc; but then doesn't dive in it very deep.

I would not recommend this book.