Organizational Behavior

There are six common work related teams, they are functional teams, problem- solving teams, cross- functional teams, self- managed teams, virtual teams, and global teams. A functional team usually includes employees who work together daily on similar tasks and must coordinate their efforts. Functional teams include members from the same functional departments, such as marketing, production, or finance. Problem- solving team is a team that has members who focus on a specific issue, develop potential solution, and can often take action within defined limits. Problems Solving Teams can be a group of 5 to 12 employees from the same department who meet for few hours each week to discuss ways of improving quality, efficiency and the work environment. Rarely, however, are these teams given the authority to unilaterally implement any of their suggested actions. Cross- functional teams are a team that has members drawn from various work areas whose goal is to identify and solve mutual problems. Cross functional teams:- Employees from about the same hierarchical level but from different work areas who come together to accomplish a task. Cross- functional teams are frequently used to foster innovation, speed, and focus on responding to customer needs. They may design and introduce quality improvement programs and new technology, meet with customers and suppliers to improve inputs or outputs, and link separate functions, (e.g. marketing, finance, manufacturing, and human services) to increase product or service innovations. Self- managed teams refers to a team with highly interdependent members who work together effectively on a daily basis to manufacture an entire product (or major identifiable component) or provide an entire service to a set of customers. Self- managed teams are not necessarily right for every situation or organization. The impact of teams in general and self- managed teams, in particular, on efficiency and effectiveness may be considered. Virtual teams...