Managing complex and temporary organizations

Abstract

How does a team need to be constructed to be successful? What will it take to make a temporary but complex organization work together as a team? In this Wiki article, the main concept of an organization will be run through, by looking at what is needed to work as a team that can fulfill the mission as fast and well as possible. The article will look into what differences it makes, when the organization is only temporary but complex. In this case there is an end date to the work, but the organization still need to interact as a team to be able to complete the task or mission.

To have a functional and effective organization, there needs to be a clear allocation of the responsibilities. How this is meet, is run through by introducing the responsibility chart, thereby introducing DECA (Decide, Execute, Consult and Advise). Besides that, effective teamworking is introduced, by introducing a leader, a generator, an evaluator and lastly a finisher. Furthermore, requirements for how the team is put together needs to be meet, since it neither should be to diverse nor to alike, this being referred to as the “manageable zone in teambuilding”. Lastly the team will develop over time, but how it will develop is both dependent on time and cost, which in the world of construction is limited. This, especially, is a challenge for temporary teams, but non the less important to improve and maintain.