Teams 101: the manager's role.

Health care organizations that have reengineered or redesigned their structure have found teams to be a logical result of these initiatives. Teams make sense in today's world for many reasons: the increasing complexity of our work; the changing values of the workforce; the increasing need for immediate organizational response to difficult external marketplace changes and internal challenges; and our desire to create a healthy, satisfying workplace for employees. Managing teams is not like managing individuals. Nurse managers have the basic competencies necessary but need to recognize how the process may differ when the entity to be managed is a work team. This article explores the manager's role in developing and managing teams.