Assignment Problem: You are a group of managers in an organization, which is planning to replace its aging fleet of 85 long and short-haul delivery vehicles. The organization has one central distribution warehouse and delivers to regional distribution facilities in four different locations across Canada.
The organization has asked that your management group to create a team from among the employees to research options, go through the decision-making process and make recommendations as to which option(s) might meet the organization's needs. Once the recommendations have been made to senior management, the team will be adjourned, and their task will be completed.
Q1. Describe the organizational support systems that the team needs to accomplish its tasks.
Q2. What sort of time frames have you set for the completion of the task?
Q3. How do you plan to communicate with the team?
Q4. What sort of team training will you deliver before moving into the actual task?
Q5. What issues are you forecasting as the team moves through the team development stages?
Q6. How are you planning to deal with those issues?
Q7. What process will you use to adjourn the team after their tasks have been completed?
Q8. What other factors should be considered and why?