ORGS 1000 Lecture 8: Organizational Behaviour - Chapters 4, 6, 10, 11, 12 of Readings

• School: York University
• Department: Organization Studies
• Course: ORGS 1000
• Professor: John Paschakis

Document Summary

Logitech team: the organization creates products in multiple countries by using a smart concept of follow the sun . Each team in different country finishes their work and sends it to the next team to work (who"s in another country). It is becoming very popular for many organizations but coordinating time/meetings is rather difficult if communication = bad! Team: two or more people who work interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose. 1team"s purpose, 2length of team"s existence, 3amount of time involvement the team requires of its individual members. Relatively permanent team in which members work together to produce g/s. Traditional work team: very specific job duties and confined to activities required by it. Self-managed work team: not locked into specific jobs, jointly decide how to organize and carry out team"s work. Relatively permanent team that participates in managerial-level tasks that affect entire organization.