team management by objectives enhancing developing teams’：加强开发团队的团队管理.pdfVIP

Team Management by Objectives: Enhancing Developing Teams’ Performance H. Kevin Fulk Prairie View AM University Reginald L. Bell Prairie View AM University Nancy Bodie Boise State University The objective of this investigation was to determine if Drucker’s management by objectives (or MBO) could be merged with Tuckman and Jensen’s stages of group development. We achieved our objective by examining relevant literature and found that these theories are somewhat dated, but deserve further examination. When combined, they resolve many pitfalls of managing teams for improved performance. MBO meshes well with the team development stages to provide novel insights about managing developing teams. The resulting perspective is called team management by objectives (or TMBO). We discuss the limitations and implications of this work, and suggest possibilities for future research. INTRODUCTION Teams are a part of life for many organizations and their employees. A team is a collection of two or more individuals organized for the purpose of accomplishing one or more objectives. The use of teams can be an appropriate means to accomplish objectives when the organization faces complex tasks that can best be achieved through two or more individuals cooperating towards task completion (Wegge, Schmidt, Hoch, 2009). Although some researchers distinguish between groups and teams (e.g., Gilley Kerno, 2010), it is common for researchers to use the two terms interchangeably (e.g., Antoni, 2005; Ito Brotheridg