Chapter 16: Trends in the Use of Teams

Committee
1. Formal team of people working together outside their daily job assignments to pursue a specific purpose
Task Force
1. Temporary group created to solve a specific problem
Cross-Functional Team
1. Team meets to share information regarding specific problems facing the whole organization (Example: Jim)
2. Members come from different functional units and parts of the organization, work on a specific problem/task with the needs of the whole organization in mind
Employee Involvement Team
1. Group of workers who meet on a regular basis outside of their formal assignments and apply their expertise to important workplace matterss
Virtual Team
1. Group of people who work together and solve problems through computer-mediated interactions instead of face-to-face meetings
Self-Managing Teams
1. In a growing number of organizations, the functional team - consisting of a first-level supervisor and his/her subordinates - is being replaced by this
2. Group of workers who possess a high degree of task independence and who have been empowered to make many decisions regarding how they do required work

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