The relationship between self-managed work teams and the learning organisation

Authors

Joe Power
Dianne Waddell, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Faculty

Faculty of Business and Public Management

School

School of Management

RAS ID

2416

Comments

Power, J., & Waddell, D. (2003). The relationship between self-managed work teams and the learning organisation. In Surfing the waves: 17th ANZAM Conference. Perth, Australia: Edith Cowan University. Abstract only available at https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks/7140/

Abstract

Given today's increasingly turbulent and competitive global environment, organizations have turned to a variety of new management techniques and alternate ways of structuring to obtain a competitive advantage. Two of these work designs are the self-managed work team and the learning organization. The widespread use of self-managed work teams has been reported in the United States, Europe and in Australia. Accordingly, assessing the relationship between self-managed work teams and performance has been a popular topic. This study uses a survey method design to empirically examine the relationships between self-managed work teams, the learning organization and performance. A random sample of 200 Australian organizations were chosen to participate in the study. The three main aims of this study are to assess the relationship between self-managed work teams and performance, the learning organization and performance, and self-managed work teams and the learning organization.