INTRODUCTION John Amasi has established self-directed teams [SDT] at his Corpus Christi plant to allow for the betterment of the product and allow for employee decision making. The use of SDT’s has been used throughout different industries with great success. John hoped to use this same approach in his plastic pipe manufacturing plant‚ while hoping to achieve the same results as the other industries. Problems with the self-directed teams begin to arise and John‚ along with plant manager Jay Winslow
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MGT 510 ASSIGNMENT RL WOLFE: IMPLEMENTING SELF-DIRECTED TEAMS. A CASE REVIEW RL WOLFE: IMPLEMENTING SELF-DIRECTED TEAMS. INTRODUCTION: The self-directed work team is an autonomous work unit capable of self-management. Such team has little need for direct supervision from managers; rather‚ the manager’s role is to meet the need of the team through the provision of resources‚ training and encouragement (Douglas & Gardner‚ 2004). The team is typically comprised of 5 to 15 members who are responsible
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DAVID A. GARVIN ELIZABETH COLLINS RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams On a clear day in May 2007‚ John Amasi looked down on the city of Corpus Christi‚ Texas‚ as his plane approached the airport. As director of Production and Engineering at RL Wolfe—a $350M privately held plastic pipe manufacturer headquartered in Houston‚ Texas—he was looking forward to visiting the company’s plant in the city. Four years previously‚ in 2003‚ when RL Wolfe had purchased Moon Plastics—a small‚ familyowned
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RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams Introduction and Background Analysis This case was about the implementation of self-directed teams (SDTs) at the new pipe manufacturing plant of RL Wolfe located in Corpus Christi‚ Texas. The assessment took place in the second quarter of 2007‚ four years after the initial implementation of the SDT structure. The main change agents were John Amasi‚ RL Wolfe’s Director of Production and Engineering‚ and Jay Winslow‚ the Corpus Christi plant manager. Winslow
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Self-Directed Teams 1 Running head: SELF-DIRECTED TEAMS Self-Directed Teams HRD 644 Human Resources Development: Theory & Practice Barry University by Jessica Rodriguez Self-Directed Teams 2 Self-directed teams can be defined as teams that are able to regulate their behavior on relatively whole tasks for which they have been established‚ including making decisions about work assignments‚ work methods‚ and scheduling activities (Cohen‚ Ledford‚ & Spreitzer‚ 1996; Goodman
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Companies have benefited from implementing self-directed teams. Unlike the name implies self-directed teams cannot just go out there and do what they want. There are rules and regulations‚ which self-directed teams need to follow. These teams will do many of the functions the supervisor formerly would perform‚ such as scheduling‚ duty assignments‚ and quality-control improvements or resolve any difficulties within the group. Self directed work teams are accountable to one another. They are interdependent
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Introduction This assignment will look into what is known as Self-directed Teams where key terms such as Autonomy and Productivity will be emphasized on. In order to find out more on Self-directed Teams‚ I have read through a range of 5 sources where information of two textbooks‚ two e-journals and one internet documents were being extracted so that I can understand the different point of views from different sources and authors. As it may be due to different perceptions or even the timeline where
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“Critically examine the effectiveness of self-directed work teams” Self-managed work teams can be defined as a small number of employees with paired skills‚ talents and knowledge and are all attached to a particular goal and approach‚ and for which they are themselves personally accountable. Self-governing work teams usually engage workers within a particular field‚ or employees who are working on a common product or process. Self-managed work team normally can be of any range between 12 to 15workers
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For a company to be successful‚ it requires team members to be dedicated‚ self-directed‚ honest‚ and accountable. High performance teams are beneficial to the company because they help to improve efficiency in production‚ service delivery‚ improve quality‚ and promote faster decision making in creating innovative solutions to conflicts. However‚ establishing a self-directed team is not a one-way process that can be implemented overnight. It requires proper planning‚ preparation‚ and skills. Major
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R-directed Thinking Most of us desire to become a lawyer‚ an accountant or a computer programmer because they are well paid and decent. But‚ this thought may be outdated. Daniel Pink in his book ‘ A Whole New Mind’ put forward that the future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind. A new world in which “right brain” qualities-inventiveness‚ empathy‚ meaning-predominate will substitute for the era of “left brain” dominance‚ and the Information Age engendered
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