Works
- Structure and learning in self-managed teams: why 'bureaucratic' teams can be better learners, Organization Science 21(3), 609 to 624, 2010
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Team structure and learning
Ideas
Structure aids learning in self-managed teams. In self-managed teams with stable tasks, more specialization, formalization, and hierarchy promoted learning through information sharing, less conflict, and psychological safety. Caveat: One firm and stable tasks only.
Structured teams learn better. In self-managed teams with stable tasks, more specialization, formalization, and hierarchy promoted learning through information sharing, less conflict, and psychological safety. Caveat: One firm; stable tasks.