Beyond quality circles: self-managing teams.
A more extreme form of change than QCs, self-managing teams are informally estimated to have evolved in more than 200 U.S. plants. Indications are, however, that this is but the beginning--despite middle managers' fears that such teams will erode their power.
D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008332:Management Quality Circles / Q000639:trends*; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States