Crossfunctional Teams in Product Development: Accommodating the Structure to the Process
| Autor: | Anne Donnellon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Team composition
Structure (mathematical logic) Teamwork Knowledge management business.industry Process (engineering) Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Team effectiveness Management Management of Technology and Innovation New product development Conviction Organizational structure business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Product Innovation Management. 10:377-392 |
| ISSN: | 1540-5885 0737-6782 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1540-5885.1050377 |
| Popis: | This article reports the conclusions from a study of crossfunctional product development teams with emphasis on the implications for altering organizational structure to accomodate team process. A comparative study of teams in four U.S. firms, using anthropological and sociolinguistic methods, found that team work is inherently paradoxical. It poses numerous contradictions and paradoxes for individuals, teams, and organizations. At one of the research sites, tacit recognition of this reality and a conviction that teams were critical to product development led to a continuous accomodation of the organization to the requirements of team work and to impressive organizational outcomes. Conceptual and managerial lessons are drawn from this successful case and are offered here to help guide both future research and the actual implementation of team work in firms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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