Natural Work Team:

Team comprises of all the members of the work unit and the team members are not volunteer. They are selected by management. Manager is also a part of the team and he is selecting the projects to be improved. Some employees may not cooperate in team work for variety of reasons. So that the manager is in a position to motivate the employees in a proper direction and make them to feel comfortable in the team. A self managing team is a group of individuals which works together continuously. These teams plan, execute and control their work to achieve a defined output. The team consist of members from the work unit expect supervisor. The team coordinator is selected within the team in consultation with the top management and that may rotate among members. The team should meet daily to plan their activities and the decisions are usually made by consensus. Additional responsibilities of the teams are hiring performance evaluation customer relations supplier relations recognition and training. It can be direction of quality council; several cross functional teams can be established. These team address specific improvement problems of several functional areas. Within the functional areas, one or more process improvement teams may be established.