Program/Project Management Resource List #5

Revised June 2009

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society." - Vince Lombardi

As engineering projects become more complex, more and more of them are being managed by teams rather than by one person. Teams typically are not formally established, but are informally brought together from different offices to cover one project, and as informally taken apart afterwards. This bibliography covers different workplace team issues, including team building, performance measurement, and the problems faced by teams whose members are all in different places. You may also find helpful materials in the HQ library's webpages on Interpersonal Relations and Group Dynamics and Corporate Culture.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availibilty of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Books

Dietrich, Rainer, and Traci Michelle Childress (eds.). Group Interaction in High Risk Environments. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub., 2004.

HD66 .G74 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Dietrich, Rainer, and Kateri Jochum. Teaming Up: Components of Safety Under High Risk. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004.

T55 .T33 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Fisher, Kimball. Leading Self-directed Work Teams: A Guide to Developing New Team Leadership Skills. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

HD66 .F56 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

Greer, Charles R., and W. Richard Plunkett. Supervision: Diversity and Teams in the Workplace. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.

HF5549 .P564 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

Love, Neil A., and Joan Brant-Love. The Project Sponsor Guide. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, 2000.

HD30.29 .L67 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

Nash, Susan M. Turning Team Performance Inside Out: Team Types and Temperament for High-impact Results. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black Pub., 1999.

HD66 .N37 1999 PPM-STACKS

 

Orsburn, Jack D., and Linda Moran. The New Self-directed Work Teams: Mastering the Challenge. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

HD66 .S45 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

Parker, Glenn M., Jerry McAdams, and David Zielinski. Rewarding teams: Lessons From the Trenches. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.

HF5549.5 .I5 P376 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

United States. Workforce Compensation and Performance Service. Performance Appraisal for Teams: An Overview. Washington, DC: United States, Office of Personnel Management, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, 1998.

JK766.6 .P47 1998 PPM-STACKS

E-books

All e-books listed here are available to NASA civil servants and contractors through the Books 24x7 service of SATERN.

 

Brown, M. Katherine, Brenda Huettner, and Char James-Tanny. Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools. Wordware Publishing, 2007.

 

Kemp, Jana M. Moving Out of the Box: Tools for Team Decision Making. Greenwood Press, 2008.

 

Lindoerfer, Dennis. Raising Sensitive Issues in a Team. Center for Creative Leadership, 2008.

 

Somers, Matt. Coaching at Work: Powering Your Team With Awareness, Responsibility, and Trust.. Jossey-Bass, 2007.

 

Topchik, Gary S. The First-time Manager's Guide to Team Building. AMACOM, 2007.

Articles and Reports

Arterberrie, Rhonda Y., et al. Team Collaboration: Lessons Learned Report. NASA/TM—2005-213210. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, Jan. 2005.

(20050080748: (Aug. 2005) NTRS)

 

Cole, Jennifer H. "Staying Motivated During Tough Times", Ask Magazine, no. 31 (Summer 2008), p. 28-31.

 

Cooper, Lynne P., Ann Majchrzak, and Samer Faraj. "Learning from project experiences using a legacy-based approach", in: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kona, HI, Jan. 3, 2005.

(20060043783: (Dec. 2006) NTRS)

 

Essens, Peter, et al. Military Command Team Effectiveness: Model and Instrument for Assessment and Improvement, NATO Research and Technology Organization, April 2005, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

(ADA437898: (Oct. 2005) DTIC)

 

Fischer, Ute, Lori McDonnell, and Judith Orasanu. "Linguistic correlates of team performance: Toward a tool for monitoring team functioning during space missions", Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, vol. LXXVIII, no. 5 Supp. (May 2007), p. 86-95.

 

Funke, Gregory J., et al. "Instant Messaging and Team Performance in a Simulated Command and Control Environment", in: Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, San Diego, CA, June 20-22, 2006.

(ADA444779: (March 2007) DTIC)

 

Garber, Russ, and M. Elisabeth Pate-Cornell. "Modeling the Effects of Dispersion of Design Teams on System Failure Risk", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. XLI, no 1 (Jan./Feb. 2004), p. 60-68.

 

Johnson, Michael D., et al. "Team Adaptation to Structural Misalignment: Determinants of Alternative Change Mechanisms", in: Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, San Diego, CA, June 20-22, 2006.

(ADA463294: (June 2007) DTIC)

 

Jundt, Justin K., et al. "The Impact of Hybrid Team Structures on Performance and Adaptation: Beyond Mechanistic and Organic Prototypes", in: Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium: The Power of Information Age Concepts and Technologies, San Diego, CA, June 15-17, 2004.

(ADA465820: (June 2004) DTIC)

 

Shab, Ted. "XBoard: A Framework for Integrating and Enhancing Collaborative Work Practices", in: SMC-IT 2006, Pasadena, CA, July 17-21, 2006.

(20060021466: (2006) NTRS)

 

Wheeler, R., J. Hihn, J. and B. Wilkinson. "Distributed collaborative team effectiveness: Measurement and process improvement", in: Ninth International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, Bedfordshire, UK, July 27, 2002.

(20060029484: (Dec. 2006) NTRS)

Internet Resources

Benson, Tom. Teamwork in Aerospace. Feb. 2005 [June 19, 2009].

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/TeamAct/teamwork.html

This is an exercise for visitors to Glenn to illustrate how research is performed at the center.

 

Blair, Gerard M. Basic Management Skills. 1996 [23 July 2007].

http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/index.html

 

Prusak, Laurence. Ask Magazine Archive. Teams. Dec. 2008 [June 19, 2009].

http://askmagazine.nasa.gov/archives/lessons.php?pagenub=1&item=24

 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Teams. April 1999 [June 19, 2009].

http://www.opm.gov/perform/teams.asp