Task strategy development during transition to self-managing work teams. Neither difficult goals nor process instructions were effective in overcoming this obstacle. However, difficult goals and process instructions were better than no instructions but still did not reach significance.
Old habits are hard to break even in group situations.
The best strategy for changing this personal inertia is to create tasks where new information has to be learned and processed correctly. When changes have to be made in team situations, the changes will likely be achieved if the task is presented in a new or different form, requires adaptation through learning and executing new elements, and is agreed upon by all members of the group. Return to Table of Contents for this issue .