Essays about: "Self-managing teams"

Found 5 essays containing the words Self-managing teams.

1. 1. Control measures for alignment of agile autonomous teams

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Jesper Karlströmer; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Modern organisations have to be more flexible and adaptive than ever before, in a continuous struggle to catch up to the ever-changing business environment. One aspect in which organisations try to improve flexibility is by moving authority closer to the problem, by granting workers more autonomy. READ MORE

3. 2. Transitioning to Self-Managing Teams: Coordinating in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization A qualitative study on the coordination efforts in an organization implementing an organization implementing

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Muamera Homoras; Mathilda Lagerkwist; [2018-07-03]
   Keywords : Coordination; inter-disciplinary; self-managing teams; boundary work; transitioning;

   Abstract : This study investigates the transitioning process, as an organization goes from a hierarchical organizational structure to organizing in self-managing teams, whereby managerial authority has been removed. The paper applies a qualitative method where data has been collected through interviews, observations and documents from a single case organization. READ MORE

4. 3. The Coordination Mechanisms of Self-Managing Organizations : An Explorative Case-Study of Three Pioneers

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Beatrice Elman; [2018]
   Keywords : Self-Managing Organizations; post-bureaucratic organizations; boss less firms; radical decentralization; coordination mechanisms; coordination in post-bureaucratic organizations; coordination mechanisms in team-based organizations; horizontal and vertical organizations;

   Abstract : After many years of limited activity in the field of coordination research, new organizing forms with the aim to abandon managerial hierarchies have caused a renaissance in the research of new solutions to this universal organizing problem. An emerging stream of research about Self-Managing Organizations (SMOs) which eliminates formal hierarchies and managers completely, have left researchers wondering about SMOs new coordination solution as antecedent organizing forms have their coordination solution strongly dependent on managers. READ MORE

5. 4. Influencing Change : Organizational Change and the Implementation of Self-Managing Teams

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Amanda Bergman; Mastaneh Mashouri; [2017]
   Keywords : change process; commitment to change; history; manager; organizational change; self-managed team SMT ; transformational leadership;

   Abstract : Organizational changes are inevitable, yet up to 70% fail. Technological development and competition in a volatile environment require more flexible organizations. As such, implementing self-managed teams (SMTs) has become a more common approach. READ MORE

6. 5. Performance Management in Self-Managing Teams : A case study of a knowledge-intensive company

   University essay from Industriell marknadsföring och industriell ekonomi; Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Emelie Eriksson; Emelie Öjersson; [2012]
   Keywords : Knowledge-intensive companies; Self-managing teams; Performance management; Goal setting; Performance Feedback; Performance appraisal; målstyrning; feedback; utvärdering;

   Abstract : For many companies, especially the ones that are knowledge-intensive such as consulting companies or service delivery firms, it has been increasingly popular to organize the employees in so called self-managing teams. These teams have proven to increase efficiency as they reduce overhead costs by not having the need of being supervised by a manager. READ MORE