title: The practical use of vision in small teams.
abstract: Sets out to demonstrate the usefulness of vision statements to self-directed work teams, taking ideas from the development of vision within teams in an organization of around 1,000 employees. Considers barriers to the creation of a shared vision in which employees have a stake, putting forward the concept of ¿team-sized vision¿ as a means of coping with the identified problems of ¿size¿ and ¿ownership¿ with regard to organization-sized vision. Outlines various advantages of team-sized vision, e.g. enabling positive discussion of change and acting as a strong motivator. Sets out a process for the generation of team-sized vision, broken down into four main steps. Concludes that the process can be undertaken with relative ease and that vision is for all levels of the organization--not just top management.
authors.affiliation: Salomons Centre, Southborough, Kent, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D006113:United Kingdom