Leadership
Theory, Application, Skill Development
1st Edition
Robert N. Lussier and Christopher F. Achua
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Chapter 8
Leading Self-Managing
Teams
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Chapter 8
Learning Objectives
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Nature of self-managed teams.
Key decisions they are empowered to make.
5 Potential benefits of utilizing.
4 Team formation variables
7 Facilitating factors
Distributed leadership in relationship
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Self-Managed Teams
Relatively autonomous work groups in
which the responsibilities and obligations
traditionally maintained by management
have been transferred
to a group of people
who perform a complex
task with highly
interdependent
activities.
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Make Operating
Decisions
Assign Work
Plan Schedules
Create Task
Procedures
Acquire Supplies
& Materials
SelfManaged
Teams Are
Usually
Empowered
to:
Interact with
Customers
Perform
Team Member
Evaluations
Deal with
Conflicts
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Stronger Commitment
Improved Quality
and Efficiency
More Satisfied Employees
Potential
Benefits of
Using
Self-Managed
Team
Lower Turnover / Absenteeism
Faster Product Development
Flexibility Dealing with
Personnel Shortages
Helps Solve Problems &
Suggest Improvements
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Norms
Task
Structure
Team Membership
Formation Mix and
Size
Variables
Champion
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Top
Management
Support &
Commitment
Strong &
Experienced
Facilitator
Appropriate
Task Design
SelfManaged
Group
Success
Factors
Adequate
Information
System
Unambiguous
Goals &
Objectives
Appropriate
Compensation
Structure
Appropriate
Scope of
Authority
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Neutral Facilitator
• An external leader of a
self-managed team
whose job is to create a
supportive environment
where team members
take on responsibilities
to work productively
and solve complex
problems on their own.
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High-Involvement
Management
• Moves power,
information,
knowledge, and
rewards farther
down the
organization.
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Distributed Leadership
• A collection of roles
and behaviors that
can be divided,
shared, rotated,
and used
sequentially or
concomitantly in a
SMT environment.
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