| Self Managing Teams | Traditional Organization |
| customer-driven | management driven |
| multi-skilled workforce | workforce of isolated specialists |
| few job descriptions | Many Job Descriptions |
| Information widely shared | Information limited |
| Few levels of management | Many levels of Management |
| Whole-business focus | Function/department focus |
| Shared goals | Segregated goals |
| Seemingly chaotic | Seemingly organized |
| Purpose achievement emphasis | Problem-solving emphasis |
| High worker commitment | High Management commitment |
| Continuous improvements | Incremental improvements |
| Self-controlled | Management-controlled |
| Values/principles based | Policy/procedure based |
| Source: "Leading self-directed work teams" by Kimball Fisher | |
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Self Managed Teams vs Traditional Organization
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Pierre,
ReplyDeleteI like the "seemingly chaotic" observation for the self managing team. I've observed this too, and it at first led me to believe that it just wouldn't be efficient enough.
Bruce Benson
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