Work Teams: Tips and Hints
To end this week's focus on Work Teams and building effective team in the workplace, here are some final thoughts, tips and hints for you to take advantage of! People are important The success of the Japanese management philosophy kaizen, or continuous improvement, helped Western business to rethink the traditional industrial-age organisation. Kaizen is based on viewing the company as a team striving, with the full participation of the rank-and-file, to continuously improve the organisation. One of the architects of this philosophy was an American, the legendary W Edwards Deming. Upon his return to the United States, Deming was asked what the Japanese had taught him. Without looking up from his dinner, he replied: 'People are important.' Harvey Robbins & Michael Finley in Why Teams Don't Work. A team in decline Something is wrong in your administrative team or work group if individuals who have normally been supportive and reasonable [...]