Self-Managed Teams

Managing team processes is affected by the organization's culture and consists of duties such as: Identifying the team's reason for being formed, defining membership, assigning roles related to working within the team, creating ground rules, involving all members in the team's work, and evaluating the team's overall effectiveness.
The decision to implement self-managed teams within an organization can be a difficult one to make. The rewards however are worth the effort as shown by companies such as Monsanto, Hallmark, and Liberty Mutual. Monsanto, in a 4 year period was able to increase overall quality and productivity by 47 percent, Hallmark reduced their design time by 200 percent, and Liberty Mutual saw a savings of over $50 million per year 1. These are just a few examples of how effective self-managed teams can be.
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