Work Teams: Past, Present and Future

Section I. Evolving Ideas and Theories.- Historic Roots of Team Theory and Practice.- Work Teams Research.- History of Cell-Based Manufacturing.- The Human Relations Myth Unveiled.- The Evolution of Open Systems to the 2 Stage Model.- Section II. An Appreciative Look at Some Major Thinkers.- Kurt Lewin.- Socio-Technical Systems Approach to Work Team Design.- Deutsch’s Theory of Cooperation and Competition.- Allan Mogensen (1901–1989).- Modern Socio-Technology.- Section III. Developing Work Teams Around the World.- Work Teams in Australia.- Three Kinds of Autonomy at Work in Norway.- Group Fabrication to Self-Designing Work Teams.- Group Work Concepts in Germany.- The Formation of Work Teams in Russia.- Yugoslav Self-Management.- When the Teams Came Marching Home.- A History of Teams.- Functions and Emergence of New Work Organizations at Toyota Takahiro Fujimoto.- Section IV. Foundation of 21st Century Teams.- Self-Managing Teams in a Crystal Ball.- Teams in Organizations.