Cross-understanding will help complex and diverse teams achieve mutually agreeable solutions

Janardhanan, Niranjan S. ORCID: 0000-0002-0410-5884, Lewis, Kyle, Reger, Rhonda R. and Stevens, Cynthia K. (2021) Cross-understanding will help complex and diverse teams achieve mutually agreeable solutions. LSE Business Review (04 Mar 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Teams whose members have diverse backgrounds can experience differences in task knowledge, sensitivities to various aspects of the task system, as well as beliefs and preferences about how to best approach or solve a problem. How might managers deal with this? Niranjan Janardhanan, Kyle Lewis, Rhonda R. Reger, and Cynthia K. Stevens write that, rather than focusing on common ground, team leaders should emphasise cross-understanding. Understanding the bases of someone’s views will help get to the real reasons behind differences in opinion, and therefore help to achieve mutually agreeable solutions.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Authors
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2021 10:57
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 04:07
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109950

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