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Teams and their Tasks
Cross-functional executive teams
Cross-functional teams
Business teams
Formal support teams
Temporary project teams.
Change teams
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Temporary task forces
A chief executive heads such a team and the members are chosen by role,
for example, finance director.
Manager on day-to-day basis.
Meets regularly.
Seeks information from lower level.
Can be a forum for personality battles.
This is a multi-disciplinary, interdepartmental team, which is found at
any level within an organization.
Removes obstacles to exchange ideas.
Problems are sorted out.
Such a team provides support and services, such as finance, information
administration and staffing.
Carries heavy load work
Offers scope for raising productivity
Such a team exists during the time period of a project, such as
construction of a new faculty.
Requires sub-groups and detailed planning
Works well with close understanding among members.
Here are a group of experts who handle change. The output depends on
their collective ability.
Improved results with new methods
High level of dedication to the organization.image 2
This is an autonomous body, which is often in remote site, apart from
the rest of the organization.
Concentrates on moving into new market
Aim to get fast results.
It's a short-term body set up to solve a specific problem. They have to
report back to the management.
Removes production bottle necks
Generates alternatives for problems.
A team
of factory workers was in the habit of returning to work after the siren had
signaled the end of lunch. Angry, the foreman asked his colleagues to write
down any solutions they had and put them in the suggestion box.
The next
day, the foreman opened the box to find a single piece of paper. It read: “The
last person back after lunch should sound the siren.”
