I am doing a research in self-managing team, as a part of my Master thesis. What I want to find from it, is the relationship between self-managing approach and job satisfaction, motivation and perceived performance of team members.
Hereby, while reviewing literature, I found studies which have proven some positive effects of self-managing approach in teams, while still there is a number of studies proving that 'traditional' teams are more effective.
Putting these two different philosophies vis-a-vis, I would appreciate your contribution in this discussion.
Regards,
Besnik
Both od them are good as far as you select the best aspect of each of them. Traditional teams means that two brains (two hands) or more are better than on brain or hand. But, if your are very independent, you can rely on yourself. But mixing both sides is also good. Now, it is up to you. Good luck.
Many structures (e.g., team structures) are good in one context but not in another. Your research could focus on a specific context to figure out which structure is best in that context.
FYI: Science doesn't "prove" things. We only "find evidence" for something. This is especially true when humans are the subject being studying. Human behavior is so complex that we can never be certain that a given human will will act in a given way. We can only find evidence for trends in human behavior.
Dear Mr. El-Sayed and Mr. David,
Thank you for your replies to this discussion!
I am studying self-managing teams facets as following: job satisfaction, motivation and performance; the environment where this study will take place is the business incubators industry in Kosovo. According to the Google Scholar platform, the amount of results of "self-managing teams" keywords is only 1.1% of the total results of "teams" keyword, while the results of "traditional teams" is almost 80% of the respective total of "teams".
Thereby, I intend to give a modest contribution in the theory of self-managing teams, while analyzing the effect of self-managing approach to the above-mentioned aspects of team members.
Moreover, studies which found evidence of effectiveness of self-managing teams have widely been opposed by studies finding evidence of of higher effectiveness among 'traditional' teams. That's why this field is very attractive to be further researched and discussed by scholars of human behavior sciences.
Regards!
What you did, Besnik, is great. Examining Google Scholar platform and literature gives you a clear picture of the topic being studied. I think your work will be a significant contribution to your field of study. Good luck.
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