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Managing Teams for Innovation and Success

2008 Dates: June 1 - 6, 2008
No longer accepting applications
Tuition: $8,700 USD

*Team discount available. A $500 discount is offered for each additional application from the same organization, provided that the applications are submitted together.

Highlighted Sessions

Field Study: IDEO in Action
Participants spend half a day at IDEO, the world-famous innovation consultancy that designed the first production computer mouse, to observe cutting-edge innovation processes in action and partake in group-based exercises.

Performance in the Team Environment: The Murder Mystery Exercise
Participants take part in a live simulation that challenges their strategic abilities to leverage teamwork and information sharing to accomplish a stated goal. Videotape of the simulation is then analyzed to illustrate both the constructive and destructive decisions made by participants.

Other Selected Sessions

  • Organizing and Designing Teams
  • Creativity and Innovation in Teams
  • Group Process and Decision Making
  • Intergroup Conflict
  • Managing Group Performance
  • Organizational Infrastructure Necessary for Team Success
  • Implementing Change in Team Situations
  • Coalition, Power, and Influence
  • Selection, Status, and Networks
  • Brainstorming, Human-Centered Design, and Rapid Prototyping

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I gained an awareness of different management tools and group motivational issues, coupled with dynamic and active operational processes to enhance productivity.

Joanne de Asis
Chairman
Beatrice Foods TLC


Programs, dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business
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