When Should Participation and Teams Be Used?

 

The idea of using teams rather than relying only on the individual leader to make decisions in organizations has been at the forefront of management practice for many years. Use of team and participative management occurs along a continuum. On one end, the leader retains all control and makes all decisions without any consultation or even information from the subordinates; on the other hand, the leader delegates all decision making to followers and allows them the final say.

 

Few leaders use extreme autocratic or delegation styles; rather, most rely on a style that falls somewhere in between. Similarly, few organizations are either entirely team based or make no use of teams at all. Most fall near the middle of the continuum, with a combination of teams and traditional hierarchical structures.

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