Autonomous work group

In business management, an autonomous work group is a group encouraged to manage its own work and working practices. The concept of an autonomous work group was developed by Eric Trist at the Tavistock Institute in London, England after the end of World War II.^[1] Involving the working team to decide for itself how the work should be carried out, and distributed among members.

See also

• Incrementalism

References

1. ^ William Roth (1999-08-31). The Roots and Future of Management Theory: A Systems Perspective. CRC. pp. 141–145. ISBN 1-57444-243-0. 

Further reading

• Maxine Bucklow (June 1966). "A New Role for the Work Group". Administrative Science Quarterly (Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 1) 11 (1): 59–78. doi:10.2307/2391394. JSTOR 2391394. 
• Peter M. Asaro (2000). "Transforming society by transforming technology: the science and politics of participatory design" (PDF). Accounting Management and Information Technology 10 (4): 257–290. doi:10.1016/S0959-8022(00)00004-7. http://www.minetech.metal.ntua.gr/download/papers_adop/paper_18.pdf. 
• John L. Cordery, Walter S. Mueller, and Leigh M. Smith (June 1991). "Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects of Autonomous Group Working: A Longitudinal Field Study". Academy of Management Journal (The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 34, No. 2) 34 (2): 464–476. doi:10.2307/256452. JSTOR 256452. 
• Charles C. Manz and Henry P. Sims, Jr. (1982). "The Potential for "Groupthink" in Autonomous Work Groups". Human Relations (Tavistock Institute) 35 (9): 773–784. doi:10.1177/001872678203500906. 
• Bailey, D.E. and Adiga, S. (May 1997). "Measuring manufacturing work group autonomy". IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 44 (2): 158–174. doi:10.1109/17.584924. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=584924. 
• David F. Elloy and Alan Randolph (1997). "The Effect of Superleader Behavior on Autonomous Work Groups in a Government Operated Railway Service". Public Personnel Management 26. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5000479167. 
• Melvin Blumberg (June 1980). "Job Switching in Autonomous Work Groups: An Exploratory Study in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine". Academy of Management Journal (The Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2) 23 (2): 287–306. doi:10.2307/255432. JSTOR 255432. 
• Moldaschl M. and Weber W.G. (1998-03-01). "The "Three Waves" of Industrial Group Work: Historical Reflections on Current Research on Group Work". Human Relations 51 (3): 347–388. doi:10.1177/001872679805100307. 
• Richard Cooney (December 2004). "Empowered self-management and the design of work teams". Personnel Review (Emerald Group Publishing Limited) 33 (6): 677–692. doi:10.1108/00483480410561556. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00483480410561556. 
• Carol Sexton (April 1994). "Self-managed Work Teams: TQM Technology at the Employee Level". Journal of Organizational Change Management (MCB UP Ltd) 7 (2): 45–52. doi:10.1108/09534819410056122. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09534819410056122. 
• Wendy Clark and Steven Farkas (2004-02-05). "SocioTechnical Models: Eric Trist". http://www.onepine.info/systrist.htm.