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from where self directed team concept originated
Self-managed teams are a type of job design whereby employees are grouped into teams and given certain guidelines to follow as well as goals to accomplish and are then left alone to accomplish those goals.
the advantages are so people work in groups and don't argue and then they have a better job at the end of it
A team is defined as a group of people who work together to achieve a goal or purpose. The six basic types of teams are: informal, traditional, self-directed, leadership, problem solving, and virtual teams.
Glenn H. Varney has written: 'Management by Objectives Workbook' 'Team Building a Self Directed Approach to Improving Work Teams' 'Building productive teams' -- subject(s): Teams in the workplace, Work groups
One reason why self-directed teams may perform poorly is because they may not have a good understanding of how their efforts are meant to support overall organizational objectives. In the absence of this understanding, the team will likely create its own objectives which will probably lead to suboptimization if the team's objectives are only loosely related to broader organizational objectives. The solution to this problem is to ensure that the team has a solid understanding of how its objectives and its work are meant to support broader organizational objectives.
The Scrum Development Method is a way to channel the combined effort of a team as effectively and efficiently as possible. The effort the the team is directed by the Product Owner and Managed by the Scrum Master. Scrum is a social agreement to be empirical as a team in pursuit of a goal as directed by the Product Owner. The scrum master manages in the sense that they support and help the team but, they do not assign work and tell the team. The team is the engine and it is assumed they are self motivated and self organizing. Without the product owner providing direction the team has little chance in doing this well or right. Applied scrum is necessary for true mastery of the technique. Scrum when it is done well results in a well formed team that can be directed at any area of complexity to build new capabilities or solve problems. Well formed teams are vital business assets and should be treated as such.
Self managed teams differ from quality circles in the respect that unlike quality circles where the employees voluntarily come together to suggest or develop quality improvements, in self managed teams, the entire work process is structured around team work, with the team taking critical decisions. Also a quality circle may or may not be empowered by the upper management but the empowerment is built into the very concept of self managed teams. Self managed teams unlike quality circles are not managed by an external supervisor, personnel manager, administrator or a quality manager but rather facilitated by a team leader from within the team. He is either chosen by the team members or appointed based on experience or skills
There are many advantages of team work. For example, a good team can serve to boost morale among its members.
SUPW stands for Socially Useful Productive Work. One of the advantages is that students learn skills. Another advantage is that they learn to work together as a team.
Formal teams have clear plan to follow
Tracey Elizabeth Madden has written: 'The role of influence in leader emergence in self-directed work'