Formal team of people working together
outside their daily job assignments to
pursue a specific purpose
Task Force
Temporary group created to solve a specific problem
Cross-Functional Team
Team meets to share information regarding specific
problems facing the whole organization (Example: Jim)
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
Group of workers who meet on a regular basis
outside of their formal assignments and apply
their expertise to important workplace matterss
Virtual Team
Group of people who work together and
solve problems through computer-mediated
interactions instead of face-to-face meetings
Self-Managing Teams
In a growing number of organizations, the functional
team - consisting of a first-level supervisor and
his/her subordinates - is being replaced by this
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