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A team is a made of small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, that set of goals and approach the goals they hold for themselves.
Type of teams
There are 4 types of teams that are self-managing work teams, cross-functional teams, virtual teams, and crews.
Self-Managing Work Teams
They are the best-known work team because of the workers that take much of the responsibility on managing there own work. Work teams are used in a variety of activities such as making a telephone, motorcycles, directories, or large components for a large computer. They are also given the responsibility for or "ownership" of an entire product or service they work on. Also work teams rely lesser on supervisor and more on workers assuming more responsibilities for managing their own activities.
Cross-Functional Teams
They are work groups of persons with different specialties, that come together to accomplish a task. The speciality of this group is to get workers that know different things to accomplish a task. A typically application for this type of team is video cell phone. Among the specialties needed on such a team would be computer science, engineering, manufacturing, industrial design, marketing, and finance.
Virtual Teams
This team is a group of person that work by electronic communication rather than face-by-face meetings.
Type of teams
There are 4 types of teams that are self-managing work teams, cross-functional teams, virtual teams, and crews.
Self-Managing Work Teams
They are the best-known work team because of the workers that take much of the responsibility on managing there own work. Work teams are used in a variety of activities such as making a telephone, motorcycles, directories, or large components for a large computer. They are also given the responsibility for or "ownership" of an entire product or service they work on. Also work teams rely lesser on supervisor and more on workers assuming more responsibilities for managing their own activities.
Cross-Functional Teams
They are work groups of persons with different specialties, that come together to accomplish a task. The speciality of this group is to get workers that know different things to accomplish a task. A typically application for this type of team is video cell phone. Among the specialties needed on such a team would be computer science, engineering, manufacturing, industrial design, marketing, and finance.
Virtual Teams
This team is a group of person that work by electronic communication rather than face-by-face meetings.