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| The Big Book of Team Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do | 
 enlarge | Authors: John W. Newstrom, Edward E. Scannell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 32627
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 238
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0070465134
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.402
UPC: 639785302063
EAN: 9780070465138
ASIN: 0070465134
Publication Date: December 1, 1997
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 Patronising rubbish November 3, 2006
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
It's strange how so many businesspeople I meet tend to be right-wing, anti-communist and great believers in personal freedom, yet run their businesses like Stalin's Russia. Workers are motivated by a mixture of fear and ambition and any individual opinion that deviates from the party line is seen as a threat.
I'm a manager. All I ask of my staff is that they're honest, work hard and treat everyone with respect. That's it. For my part I give them a clear idea of what I expect and make sure that they have the tools to do the job and receive recognition of their achievements. What I don't do is mess with their heads.
This book is symptomatic of a trend in management culture where it is not enough to ask people to do their jobs well, we now have to re-engineer their souls. The aim of this book is to motivate staff with 'fun' activities in staff training sessions, but the reality is intrusive and patronising. One game invites workers to mention a childhood achievement that they were particularly proud of and then get other members of the team to discuss it. Well, I believe in personal freedom and part of that is not feeling obliged to talk about personal things in a work setting.
Chairman Mao had his 'Cultural Revolution' and this smacks of the same attitude. It's not enough for people to do as they're told, they now have to have the right attitude and if they're not willing to be team players, they're out. It's like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'.
Buy this book to find out how emotionally dysfunctional people struggle to motivate teams and get it horribly wrong.
Big book of Lousy Ideas October 5, 2005
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
This was a complete waste of money! The ideas were stale and elementary. Do not waste your money or your time flipping through it.
 A few nuggets March 4, 2004
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I ordered this one with Brian Miller's Quick Teambuilding Activities for busy Managers (which is excellent). I was disappointed by this one. So many of the activities were overly simplistic. Several werent what I would even call activities, but rather "facilitated discussions." I only found a few worth trying. I rely on the other book much more.
Terrible May 29, 2003
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
I ordered this book along with Alanna Jones "Team Building for Every Group" and this book is horrible. The Jones book is outstanding. This book is very difficult to follow, it doesnt flow very well and the activities are very weak. It is geared more towards office stuff, but you couldnt even use it for office stuff since the games are very difficult to manage and obvious. I think they are more concerned with The Questions they ask than the activity. These games are some that I could think of on my own... I am returning the book.
 Integrating people March 1, 2003
I liked this book for its good, simple and practical exercises to activate training on teamwork. I wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for high-risk activities.
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