The topic of self-managed teams is becoming more popular at companies and organizations of all sizes. This course is dedicated to exploring of what self-managed teams are, the characteristics of self-managed teams, and how to start developing them. The participant in this course will get an overview of how to create a self-managed team. In order to achieve this, self-managed teams' types, characteristics, benefits, guidance and boundaries will be presented.
Learning objectives
The learning objectives for the trainees in this module are the following:
- Το present the notion and characteristics of a self-managed team
- Το present the differences between traditional teams and self-managed teams
- To highlight the characteristics of a successful self-managed team
- To describe how to use team members diverse skills, knowledge and experience to achieve a common goal
- How to develop effective decision-making practices that combine as many as possible viewpoints of team members
- To be able to recognize the informal team roles.
Knowledge domain
- Self-managed teams
- Self-managed teams’ types, characteristics, benefits, skills (full ownership, responsibility, autonomy)
- Team performance
Unit 6.2: Characteristics and alternative/informal roles in self-managed teams
Unit 6.3: Essential steps to build a self-managed team
Assessment for Self-managed teams
Assignment: A self-managed team framework