The Role of Efficacy in Team Based Organizations Using the Holistic Approach : Impact and Implications and a Call for Further Research

Abstract

When assessing the role and efficacy of team based organizations, our group found that a holistic approach should be considered to understand the impact and implications of team based organizations and self- management in organizational development. This paper attempts to explore this issue. In addition, this approach was engaged in due to our understanding of an efficacy being an intervention to produce or achieve a goal or desired effect. Hence, if applied to organizational development, this presentation wishes to assess how and whether the implementation of team based organizations and self-management allows an organization to achieve success. However, we believe that team based organizations and self-management is inter-related terms, hence the focus would be how selfmanagement exists in teams. Although our presentation considers a holistic perspective which include: A background and introduction; a brief definition of a team; what is meant by a team based organization; the need for team based organizations; the six stages of team based work; different types of teams; TBO in South Africa; Advantages and disadvantages of TBO, failures of TBO; and a Case Study on BMW South Africa, we have chosen to focus and elaborate on: The background and