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A 3 page paper discussing the method by which this company, a startup paper manufacturer, adopted and implemented the team structure in production. The initial goal was to develop fully self-directed work teams, and management believed that it would take between five and eight years to reach that point of development. Workers, however, believed that they could have reached full implementation in a much shorter period of time. The paper concludes that the company likely would have had even better results had it set an initial goal of developing fully self-directed work teams in a much shorter period of time. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Manz and Newstrom (1999) write that the Lake Superior Paper Company is regarded as being the most successful startup company in the papermaking industry. This in itself is noteworthy,
for it is difficult today to enter an old industry providing the types of profit margins that can be expected within the paper industry. Entering such an industry today
requires that the new entrant operate more efficiently than older competitors. The team structure can and has increased competitive advantage through increasing operational
efficiency. Teams do not always coalesce into effective, productive units right away, however. In some cases, individuals may need to be moved to another team in order to
gain the right mix of personality types and tendencies within specific teams. Disadvantages to Overcome Manz and Newstrom (1999) report that even though
the team structure was credited with greatly contributing to this companys success, there were problems to overcome in forming those successful teams. Not everyone was satisfied with the pace
at which the team structure was implemented; others believed that the team structure could be good for the company but was not personally beneficial for them as individuals.
Perhaps the company should have implemented the team structure to arrive at its final form on a shorter schedule. Doing so could have averted
the complaints about the length of time involved, but Lake Superior had reason for extending team development as it did. The personnel scenario at Lake Superior was typical of
the industry in that managers were technically sound, but production workers had little if any experience in the industry. Lake Superior could have benefited from hiring experienced production workers,
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