cameron and green making-sense-of-change-management

The underpinning theorysocial entity embedded in one or more larger social systems (for example,business unit or the corporation), and who manage their relationshipsacross organizational boundaries’.Our own list of differentiators appears in Table 2.1.A group is a collection of individuals who draw a boundary aroundthemselves. Or perhaps we from the outside might draw a boundaryaround them and thus define them as a group. A team on the other hand,with its common purpose, is generally tighter and clearer about what it isand what its raison d’être is. Its members know exactly who is involvedand what their goal is. Of course it turns out that we are speaking hypotheticallyhere, as any one of us has seen teams within organizations thatappear to have no sense at all of what they are really about!Let us illustrate the difference between a team and a group by using anexample. We might look into an organization and see the FinanceDepartment. The Finance Controller heads up a Finance ManagementTeam that leads, manages and coordinates the activities within this area.Table 2.1Differences between groups and teamsGroupIndeterminate sizeCommon interestsSense of being part of something orseen as being part of somethingInterdependent as much asindividuals might wish to beMay have no responsibilities otherthan a sense of belonging tothe groupMay have no accountabilitiesother than ‘contractual’ onesA group does not necessarily haveany work to do or goals toaccomplishTeam or work groupRestricted in sizeCommon overarching objectivesInteraction between members toaccomplish individual and group goalsInterdependency between members toaccomplish individual and group goalsShared responsibilitiesIndividual accountabilitiesThe team works together, physically orvirtually64