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

The underpinning theoryHowever change creates an increased need for communication, cleargoals, defined roles and responsibilities, and support and recognitionprocesses. These things are more difficult to manage in the virtual world.Networked teamNational, international and global organizations can use networkedteams in an attempt to add a greater cohesion to their organization, whichwould not otherwise be there. Additionally they may wish to capturelearning in one part of the organization and spread it across the wholeorganization.We might have grouped virtual and networked teams under the samecategory. However we could think of the networked team as being similarto a parallel team, in the sense that its primary purpose is not business asusual, but part of an attempt by the organization to increase sustainabilityand build capacity through increasing the reservoir of knowledge acrossthe whole organization.Networked teams are an important anchor for organizations in times ofchange. They can be seen as part of the glue that gives a sense of cohesionto people within the organization.Management teamManagement teams coordinate and provide direction to the sub-units undertheir jurisdiction, laterally integrating interdependent sub-units across keybusiness processes.(Mohrman, Cohen and Mohrman, 1995)The management team is ultimately responsible for the overall performanceof the business unit. In itself it may not deliver any product,service or project, but clearly its function is to enable that delivery.Management teams are pivotal in translating the organization’s overarchinggoals into specific objectives for the various sub-units to do theirshare of the organization task.Management teams are similar to work teams in terms of delivery ofcurrent operational plan, but are much more likely to be in a position ofdesigning and delivering change as well. We expect a more seniormanagement team to spend less time on business-as-usual matters andmore time on the change agenda.72