Assume you work for a large tech company that has recently acquired a local start up firm with more expertise in a market your company is trying to enter. To utilize employees from the start-up fully, you are forming new teams with members from the parent company and the newly acquired firm for your research and development division. Many of the employees from start-up were part of self-managed teams before the company was acquired. You must decide whether or not to adopt a traditional management style or allow the teams to be self-managed. A. Answer the question as a team member. What issues could affect the productivity of the self-managed team? B. Assume yourself to be the supervisor in this c

Assume you work for a large tech company that has recently acquired a local start up
firm with more expertise in a market your company is trying to enter. To utilize employees from
the start-up fully, you are forming new teams with members from the parent company and the
newly acquired firm for your research and development division. Many of the employees from
start-up were part of self-managed teams before the company was acquired. You must decide
whether or not to adopt a traditional management style or allow the teams to be self-managed.
A. Answer the question as a team member. What issues could affect the productivity of the
self-managed team?
B. Assume yourself to be the supervisor in this company. What aspects of the team you would
allow team members to self-manage?