A consulting client of yours, Alexandria Weatherington-Smyth…
A consulting client of yours, Alexandria Weatherington-Smythe, has been tasked by her organization, Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS), to consider how or whether ATS should become more team-focused in organizational design and climate. She knows that you are an expert in Organizational Behavior and has sent you an email with several questions on the topic of teams in organizations. Compose a response to Ms. Weatherington-Smythe that addresses the following questions: Why, over the previous decades, have organizations become increasingly “team-y” (i.e., relying more on team-based work)? Why have more and more organizations opted for “flatter” organizations with broader spans of control? How does those design features produce more “teamy-ness”? What is at least one condition under which the use of teams – as a work design choice – might not be best?