Format: VHS Video or DVD, Instructor and Participant Print Materials
Approximate Completion Time: 2-4 Hours
Price: $999.00
The Self-Directed Teams training system can help you achieve the breakthrough performance achievable by these uncommon work groups. It saves time during new team start-ups by minimizing confusion and apprehension about the changes to come. And, it builds enthusiasm by creating a common vision of where teams are headed, how to get there and why.The program relates experiences from team members at all work levels and top management. It features the fascinating story of self-directed teams at the San Diego Zoo: how the Zoo's acclaimed reorganization of its core business – its animal exhibits – prompted dramatic changes to its traditional, hierarchical, union-based working structure.
Target Audience
Anyone who needs a basic understanding of this powerful team structure
Topics
- Key Definitions
- Team Responsibilities
- Typical Structures
- Establishment of Teams
- Development Pattern
Program Details
Unit 1: Definition of Self-Directed Teams
- How self-directed teams differ from other teams
- Typical size
- Levels of responsibility and authority
Unit 2: Why Organizations Have Established Self-Directed Teams
- Benefits realized by organizations
- Benefits realized by individual team members
- Difficulties encountered by teams
Unit 3: Self-Directed Teams' Responsibilities
- Why responsibilities may vary from one team to another
- How teams' responsibilities increase
- Work- or task-related responsibilities
- People-related responsibilities
Unit 4: Typical Structures of Self-Directed Teams
- Team leadership
- Key area representatives
- Team coordinators
- Team meetings
- Support services
Unit 5: How Self-Directed Teams Evolved
- Traditional employee-manager relationship
- Evolution of teams during the past several decades
- Where self-directed teams have been established
Unit 6: How Self-Directed Teams are Established in an Organization
- Role of steering committee
- Role of design team
- Factors that contribute to a team's success
- Factors that may lead to failure
Unit 7: Development Pattern of Self-Directed Teams
- Four common stages
- Unique considerations of self-directed team development
- Changes in a team's relationship with its (former) supervisor
What's Included?
- 3 Videotapes or 3 DVD's
- 1 Instructor's Guide
- 1 Set of Transparencies
- 1 Participant's Guide
- 1 Album
