Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Paintball, Decision-Making, Transactive Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Ellen Choi

Document Summary

Team: two or more people who work interdependently over some period of time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose. Teams are special: interactions among members revolve around deeper dependence on one another than interaction within groups, interactions within teams occur with a specific task-related purpose in mind. Notable: team"s purpose, length of existence, amount of time involvement. One way to describe is to take advantage of exiting taxonomies. Work team: produce goods or provide services, long life span, high member involvement, e. g. maintenance or sales team. Management team: integrate activities of subunits across business functions, long life span, moderate member involvement. Parallel team: provide recommendations and resolve issues, variable life span, low member involvement, e. g. advisory council, committees, quality circles. Project team: produce one-time tasks that are complex, variable time span and member involvement, e. g. research group, pixar.