ADMS 2400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Web Conferencing, Punctuated Equilibrium, Groupthink

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2400
• Professor: Paul Kashiyama

Document Summary

Team two or more people who work interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose. Work team a relatively permanent team in which members work together to produce goods and/or provide services. Management team a relatively permanent team that participates in managerial-level tasks that affect the entire organization. Parallel team a team composed of members from various jobs within the organization that needs to provide recommendations about important issues. Project team a team formed to take on one-time tasks, most of which tend to be complex and require input from members from different functional areas. Action team a team of limited duration that performs complex tasks in contexts that tend to be highly visible and challenging. Virtual team a team in which the members are geographically dispersed, and interdependent activity occurs through e-mail, web conferencing, and instant messaging.