Self Managed Teams

A self managed team is a self-organized semi-autonomous small group whose members determine, plan, and manage their day-to-day activities and duties (in addition to providing other supportive functions such as production scheduling, quality assurance, and performance appraisal) under reduced or no supervision. Also called self directed team, self-managed natural work team, or self managed team.

Some proponents of self managed teams believe they have the following advantages;

  1. Less Stress
  2. Less fatigue
  3. More creativity
  4. More original ideas
  5. More Innovation

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External Links & References

  1. Free Management Library
  2. Self Managed Teams (The Wisdom Meme)
  3. The Business Dictionary
  4. Innovative Council
  5. PASS Light Enterprises
  6. Google Search
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