Self-managed team

How it is used

Use for a defined team arrangement with real decision scope; it does not imply freedom from all accountability.

Example sentences

1. The self-managed team decided its rota and divided the weekly maintenance work.

   Members take on coordination normally performed by a supervisor.

2. Our self-managed team still reports its results against the agreed service targets.

   Control over daily work remains compatible with external performance expectations.

Common collocations

• form a self-managed team
• self-managed team members

Related terms

• empowerTo give people the authority, confidence and resources to make decisions and act on their own, instead of waiting for approval at every step.
• accountabilityThe duty to answer for the result of a task or decision, which includes explaining what happened and accepting the consequences, even if others did the work.

More terms: Organisational Structure

• manager
• team leader
• org chart
• report to
• direct report
• line manager
• senior management
• middle management
• hierarchy
• span of control
• matrix structure
• silo