Team building events for staff: Are they just play or do they pay?
MBA Dissertation by Lead Facilitator Mike Tierney based on whether there is a benefit to companies who engage in team building.
The paper presents the hypothesis that few organisations apply the concept of evaluation to determine the benefits from team building events and activities.
It further suggests that inadequate evaluation and disparate published opinions on the potential benefits and outcomes of team building, as an organisation development intervention, have made teh expenditure in the market vulnerable to economic downturn.
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