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Self-Directed Teams Video-supported Learning Program

Format: VHS Video or DVD, Instructor and Participant Print Materials
Approximate Completion Time: 2-4 Hours
Price: $999.00

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800-374-3818, ext. 0882

The Self-Directed Teams training system can help you achieve the breakthrough performance achievable by these uncommon work groups. It saves time during new team start-ups by minimizing confusion and apprehension about the changes to come. And, it builds enthusiasm by creating a common vision of where teams are headed, how to get there and why.The program relates experiences from team members at all work levels and top management. It features the fascinating story of self-directed teams at the San Diego Zoo: how the Zoo's acclaimed reorganization of its core business – its animal exhibits – prompted dramatic changes to its traditional, hierarchical, union-based working structure.

Target Audience

Anyone who needs a basic understanding of this powerful team structure

Topics

Key Definitions
Team Responsibilities
Typical Structures
Establishment of Teams
Development Pattern

Program Details

Unit 1: Definition of Self-Directed Teams

How self-directed teams differ from other teams
Typical size
Levels of responsibility and authority

Unit 2: Why Organizations Have Established Self-Directed Teams

Benefits realized by organizations
Benefits realized by individual team members
Difficulties encountered by teams

Unit 3: Self-Directed Teams' Responsibilities

Why responsibilities may vary from one team to another
How teams' responsibilities increase
Work- or task-related responsibilities
People-related responsibilities

Unit 4: Typical Structures of Self-Directed Teams

Team leadership
Key area representatives
Team coordinators
Team meetings
Support services

Unit 5: How Self-Directed Teams Evolved

Traditional employee-manager relationship
Evolution of teams during the past several decades
Where self-directed teams have been established

Unit 6: How Self-Directed Teams are Established in an Organization

Role of steering committee
Role of design team
Factors that contribute to a team's success
Factors that may lead to failure

Unit 7: Development Pattern of Self-Directed Teams

Four common stages
Unique considerations of self-directed team development
Changes in a team's relationship with its (former) supervisor

What's Included?

3 Videotapes or 3 DVD's
1 Instructor's Guide
1 Set of Transparencies
1 Participant's Guide
1 Album

Free Preview, More Information & Ordering

For a free 15-day preview with no obligaton, or for pricing, ordering, and further information, contact Peggy Corrigan at 800-374-3818, ext. 0882 or peggy.corrigan@saiglobal.com, or submit a Course Information Request.