"Becoming an Effective Teaming Organization"
Robert Trent
Business Horizons
March-April 2004, pp. 33-40
The objective of this article is "to fill a void in our thinking by presenting a four-phase teaming process that considers the major hurdles, issues, and decisions managers should consider as they make teams an integral part of their organizational design."
The four phases of the organizational teaming process are:
- Plan
- Assess organizational readiness
- Select appropriate tasks
- Form teams
- Evaluate additional preparation issues
- Perform
- Establish team-based performance goals
- Promote member effort and commitment
- Facilitate internal team interaction
- Evaluate
- Assess progress towards stated goals
- Provide feedback and rewards
- Maintain
- Maintain team performance
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