title: Team building for continuous quality improvement.
abstract: The effective use of teams is becoming critical to problem solving and cost effective management of complex processes. This report suggests a set of critical success factors to guide the nursing manager from team design through team maintenance. These factors should be considered a framework from which to develop an organizationally appropriate approach to the management of teams.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rennecker
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011340:Problem Solving; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*