Self-Guiding Team: Roles of Managers and Members within the Team

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The teams were supposed to be self-managing teams. Critique this idea in terms of the principles for effectiveness for such teams given in the text.
Introduction
Self-managing teams can only attain success if all members find meaning and satisfaction within the team. The teams’ success is usually attained by setting up standards that describe the contribution of every member. Unfortunately, the teams at Levis Strauss & Co were formed without sufficient training, while managers could not even agree on how to implement the system. This essay reviews this idea by describing the role of management and standards in the success of self-guiding teams.
Role of managers towards self-guiding teams
Although self-guiding teams exercise autonomy, managers still play an important role in their formation and subsequent tasks. The teams at Levis Strauss & Co were formed to minimize cost and increase productivity. As a result, the managers ought to have formulated a plan for implementing the self-guiding team system based on increasing productivity and reducing cost. Additionally, managers should have continuously strengt...