Three of the types of managerial tasks that self-managed teams are empowered to perform

Self-managed teams are empowered to perform tasks such as scheduling work and vacations, rotating tasks and assignments, ordering materials, deciding on team leadership, setting key team goals, budgeting, hiring replacements for departing team members and sometime even evaluating one another's performance. T

 

he impact of self-managed teams on performance can be enormous. They fundamentally change how work is organized and leadership is practices. The introduction of self-managed teams typically eliminates one or more managerial levels, thereby creating a flatter organization.


The three core features of a virtual team are: (1) clear, precise, and mutually agreed upon goals; (2) people with strong team management competencies, as well as the other six foundation competencies; and (3) an array of computer and telecommunications technologies that serve to link these people in the pursuit of their common goals.