Team Types Flashcards
What is a Cross-Functional Team?
Is a group that represent different Functional Areas and address goals that impact the organization. Self-managed teams are often cross functional. Require the power of multiple functions.
Example: A team consisting of members from marketing, sales, and operations working together on a new product launch.
What is a ad-hoc or Project Team?
Formed to fulfill a specific objective that is finite in nature and have a start and an end date. May be cross functional depending on project. Once the goal is achieved the group moves on to something else individually or together.
Example: A team created to develop a new software application within a set timeframe.
What is an Improvement Team?
Is a group who are focused on making improvements to specific business processes or products. They can be made up of additional groups like a cross functional team.
Example: A team dedicated to streamlining the production process in a manufacturing plant.
What is a Natural Team?
A group who share tasks involved with supporting one functional area of an organization. Can be referred to as departments, work groups, work cells, etc.
Example: The sales team within a company responsible for generating revenue.
What is a Virtual Team?
Composed of members from different locations around the world. Depending on the objective and may be classified as other types of teams like natural or cross functional, etc.
Work is conducted mostly or entirely via technology supported communication.
Example: A team with members working remotely from different countries on a global marketing campaign.
What is a Self-Directed or Self-Managed Team?
Is empowered or authorized to make wide range or majority of decisions about safety, quality, scheduling work, work allocation, goals, standards, equipment and conflict where the responsibilities reside within the team.
Example: A team given the autonomy to set their own goals and methods for achieving them.
What is a process team?
Focus on creating or improving specific business processes.
What is a continuous improvement team?
Nurture the philosophy of continuous improvement, they substantiate the continual investment in lean-six sigma methodology, and they sustain training and development of qualified lean six-sigma personnel.
What is a workgroup?
Made up of persons who have responsibility for a specific process or function and who work together in a participative environment.
