SOCIAL SCIENCES

Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations

by Michael S. Malone
Karlgaard, Rich & . Harper Business. Jul. 2015. 304p. notes. index. ISBN 9780062302540. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062302564. BUS
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Karlgaard (publisher, Forbes magazine; Life 2.0) and technology author Malone (Bill & Dave) could be a top-flight writing duo. Their research-based fundamentals on team management, historical examples, and personal narratives are sound. The value of teams is a given; however, neither the explication of anthropological, social, and biological bases of teams, from mating pairs to legendary musicians, sports stars, and military commanders, nor the extensive taxonomy of team types will be as useful for would-be managers of high-performance groups as practical advice would have been. Leaders need concrete suggestions of how to create the ideal team for a given task from the ranks of available employees.
VERDICT Gems of insight and wisdom are offered here, such as the need for balance between creative and analytical skills to maintain a team's forward momentum, but not all readers will persevere to find and employ them. For fans of business history and theory.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Wood, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., OH , Jun 01, 2015
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