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Reading 1 was prepared by Andy Lane with contributions from Christopher Mabey, Sally Caird, Mike Iles, Elizabeth McMillan, Rob Paton, Jake Chapman and Susan Carr.

Reading 2 was prepared by Andy Lane with contributions from Christopher Mabey, Sally Caird, Rob Paton, Jake Chapman, Susan Carr and John Hamwee.

Reading 3 was prepared by Andy Lane with contributions from Laurie Keller, Christopher Mabey and Sally Caird.

Reading 4 was prepared by Andy Lane with contributions from Rob Paton, Jake Chapman and Susan Carr.

Figure 5 adapted from Lewis, R. (1992) Team Building Skills, Kogan Page.

Figure 6 adapted from Katzenbach, J.R. and Smith, D.K. (1993) The Wisdom of Teams, © 1993 by McKinsey and Company Inc. All rights reserved.

Figure 10 reproduced by permission from The Managerial Grid copyright © 1964, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, 800–231–6275. All rights reserved.

Figure 10: Blake, R.R. and Moulton, J.S., 'The Managerial Grid', © 1964, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas;

T205 Concept File 3 'Groups and Teamwork' pp. 5–63

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