2. Moving Toward SMOs: Common Pitfalls and Problems
Cooptive Participation (Pseudo-Empowerment)
Participative Processes are introduced without changing Bureaucratic Structure
Consequences:
Role Ambiguity for both Supervisors and Teams
“ORGANIZATIONAL SCHIZOPHRENIA”
Crisis of Responsibility
Drift into Laissez-faire
Decisive Leadership is Devalued

3. Moving Toward SMOs: Common Pitfalls and Problems
Totalitarian Democracy
Design of Team-based (Democratic) structures using Autocratic Processes
Consequences
Method Incongruence
“Elite Few Design the Future for the Many”
Examples: Reengineering, STS
Implementation and Diffusion Problems
Teams implemented at operational level, but autocratic decision processes do not change

4. Mapping Our Evolutionary Journeys Toward Self-Management
Task: Examine your company’s initiatives by referring to the Structure-Process Map
Describe your company’s team or redesign initiatives. What quandrants best describe your company’s efforts?
What have been the strengths and weaknesses of your company’s approach/journey?
What have been some of the obstacles or problems in moving toward effective self-management in your company?