To be forewarned and forearmed to deal with anticipated challenges means the change process will develop faster and with less cost and frustration. The system is viable for experimentation. A pilot project to install the design in a section or department will validate its value. Management does not have to commit the total organization to the design to ascertain its value. When the pilot teams validate the model's benefits, the design can be introduced in phases throughout the rest of the facility and at other locations.
People prefer working in teams to working alone.
Teams enable the organization to capture the intelligence of the total organization and to manage this creative power. Employing team strengths represent the direction for structuring organization in 2000 and beyond. Teams enable management to better utilize the investment already made in employee, supervisor and management training. Strategies and disciplines to improve quality, productivity and customer satisfaction can best be exploited in a team structure. Team-based organization has marketing value.