Team concept refers to the practice of "team work" in corporations of the postindustrial era. The bears upon our discussion of knowledge work in classes 2-4. For an introduction to the team concept or the new corporatism generally, consult the following works:

• Influential General Works on the New Corporatism (most of which include discussion of teams)
  1. Boyett, Joseph H., and Henry P. Conn, Workplace 2000: The Revolution Reshaping American Business (New York: Plume / Penguin, 1992)
  2. Davidow, William H., and Michael S. Malone, The Virtual Corporation: Structuring and Revitalizing the Corporation for the 21st Century (New York: HarperBusiness, 1992)
  3. Hammer, Michael, and James Champy, Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution (New York: HarperBusiness, 1993)
  4. Tapscott, Don, The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996)
  5. Tomasko, Robert M., Downsizing: Reshaping the Corporation for the Future, rev. ed. (New York: American Management Assoc., 1990)

• Works on the Team Concept
  1. Katzenbach, Jon R., and Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (New York: HarperBusiness, 1994) [first pub. 1993]
  2. Mohrman, Susan Albers, Susan G. Cohen, and Allan M. Mohrman, Jr., Designing Team-Based Organizations: New Forms for Knowledge Work (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1995)
  3. Gardenswartz, Lee, and Anita Rowe, Diverse Teams at Work: Capitalizing on the Power of Diversity (Burr Ridge, Illinois: Irwin, 1994)
  4. Parker, Mike, and Jane Slaughter, Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept (Detroit: Labor Notes / South End Press, 1988)