Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Nominal Group Technique, Mental Models, Production Blocking

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

Document Summary

5 general types of teams that each is associated with a number of defining characteristics: most notable; teams purpose, length of its existence, amount of time involvement requires of its individual members. Work teams relatively permanent teams in which members work together to produce goods and or provide services generally require full time commitment focus on the accomplishment of core operational level production and service tasks. Parallel teams teams composed of members from various jobs within the organization that meet to provide recommendations about important issues require only part time commitment, can be permanent or temporary depending on aim. Project teams formed to take on one time tasks that are generally complex and require a lot of input from members with different types of training and expertise. Action teams teams of limited duration that performs complex tasks in contexts that tend to be highly visible and challenging limited in duration ex: sports teams.