Question: Objective is to identify effective team management strategies.
Any cursory review of management and organizational behavior journals will introduce you to several 'new' terms related to the study of groups and teams and their effect on organizational structure. Specifically, this discussion will address 4 of these newer terms; self-managed teams, virtual teams, boundaryless organizations, and the virtual structure.
We had to read The New Boundaries of the "Boundaryless" Company:
We had to read Getting Virtual Teams Right:
We had to read the following articles from Chron:
YouTube Video: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing: Bruce Tuckman's Team Stages Model Explained
What is Self-Managed Team?
The Structure of a Boundaryless Organization:
After completing the readings, what current event article (within the past 6 months) would you use that demonstrates how a business is presently utilizing one of these 'new' organizational structures?
How would one provide a brief description of the company, address how the company is using the selected structure, and comment on whether this management strategy has been a success for the teams involved?