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Starting off when determining the differences between traditional work environments and team environments, there are different things that are important to take into consideration. In traditional work groups, employees have no managerial responsibilities. It is the first-line managers who plan, organize, staff, direct, and controls the work group. At the same time, there are other groups that work to provide them with the required maintenance and quality control. Also, groups are a collection of people who work together to undertake a task. But, unlike a team, do not perform them as a unit or to accomplish substantial performance improvements. A team is made up of a small number of people who work together with skills that complement each …show more content…
The first step would be that of forming. Forming refers to the attempt by group members to put into effect ground rules which will determine what kinds of behavior are acceptable. For self-managed teams to work, the rules would need to be things that everyone agrees on that would not cause any arguments or strife later down the road which could cause more of the “small fires” which Dalman had dealt with in times past. There are different behaviors that are not acceptable whatsoever. It’s possible that certain employees may have a sense of humor and like to joke around about things that may be highly offensive to other employees or maybe there should be a rule against the use of profanity. These are just a few examples of rules that could be put into place while building the …show more content…
Norming is the step where members of the team come up with goals which they all agree on. Upon doing this, norms and closer relationships then develop. Goals could include things say, if an employee sells more than a certain number of an item in a set period of time maybe they get some kind of bonus. Moving forward from this stage and drawing closer together as a team, they can become more productive in the long run. However at times there are periods where different problems may arise. Storming, is the part of having self-managed teams where issues can arise. Hostilities and conflicts can arise between employees. This can be because of things such as arguments, certain employees believing they have more power than they actually do. Also, some people may be trying to get into a higher position of power within the team to have more control and greater status. Finally there is performing. Once teams are at this point, they are working together well as a team by channeling their energies and efforts into performing tasks and making great gains and accomplishments in the work that they are to