According to Robbins & Judge (2017) a “work team is a group whose individual efforts result in performance that is greater than the sum of the individual inputs." Generally speaking the teams work and output are greater than each member would have by themselves. A work team allows for several different viewpoints on a given problem or project which would not be a possibility if just a single individual was working on the task. There is not a single work team model that is perfect for every situation. In fact, there are five different work team models that can be used by an organization to tackle their tasks. These five teams are outlined below. Problem-Solving Team The problem-solving team functions to do just as the names says and solve …show more content…
This type of team allows for the individuals in the group to get a sense of managing each other. The team sets their pace and schedule allowing the company to possibly eliminate a supervisor should it be effective and run well. There are disadvantages to this type of team as there are to every team. However, a self-managed work team has the potential to have issues arise between the individual members and the results can cause the outright implosion of the …show more content…
This team brings together members from different parts of an organization. Though this team is widely used, it is also the hardest to manage. With the diversity of the team comes the differences of opinion of the members on almost every aspect of the project at hand. According to Tabrizi (2015), “In a detailed study of 95 teams in 25 leading corporations, chosen by an independent panel of academics and experts, I found that nearly 75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional”. Regardless of the findings of Tabrizi’s study, companies use this team type regularly both in the actual cross-functional team concept where team members are in close proximity to one another and in virtual