Convenience

Why People Join Groups and Teams
People join groups and teams for a variety of reasons. They join functional groups sim-
ply by virtue of joining organizations. People accept employment to earn money or prac-
tice their chosen professions. Once inside the organization, they are assigned to jobs and
roles, and thus become members of functional groups. People in existing functional
groups are told, are asked, or volunteer to serve on committees, task forces, and teams.
People join informal or interest groups for a variety of reasons, most of which are quite
complex.
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Indeed, the need to be a team player has grown so strong today that many
organizations will actively resist hiring someone who does not want to work with
others.
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Table 13.1
Types of Teams
Problem-solving
team
Most popular type of team; comprises knowledge workers
who gather to solve a specific problem and then disband.
Management team
Consists mainly of managers from various functions like
sales and production; coordinates work among other teams.
Work team
An increasingly popular type of team; work teams are
responsible for the daily work of the organization; when
empowered, they are self-managed teams.
Virtual team
A new type of work team that interacts digitally; members
enter and leave the network as needed and may take
turns serving as leader.
Quality circle
Declining in popularity; quality circles, comprising
workers and supervisors who meet intermittently to
discuss workplace problems.
Source: From
Fortune
, September 5, 1994. © 1994 Time Inc. All rights reserved.
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