Communication structure and the performance of organisational teams

Kovačič, Helena (author), Lužar, Barbara (author)

Relationship between communication structure of organisational teams and their performance is becoming increasingly important as more and more modern organisations move beyond their internal and external boundaries. Such a context provides room for the communication and co-operation of groups of individuals that cut across the various parts of the organisation. This article shows that the flattening of the hierarchy alone, which contributes to connectivity across the organisation, is not sufficient for successful cross-unit team collaboration. We support this discussion with the results of a study of two teams differing in their performances where a significant relationship was found between centralisation and team performance.

• Language: English
• Keywords: skupinsko delo, sodelovanje
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2011
• Number of pages: Str. 1505-1517, 1548
• Numbering: Letn. 48, št. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-23232
• UDC: 005.57:316.354
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30772573
• Publication date in RUL: 11.07.2014

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Povezanost komunikacijske strukture timov v organizaciji in njihove uspešnosti postaja vse bolj pomembna organizacijska tema, saj vse več modernih organizacij deluje preko svojih notranjih in zunanjih meja. Takšen okvir omogoča komunikacijo in sodelovanje skupin posameznikov, ki povezujejo različne dele organizacij. V članku ugotavljamo, da odstranitev hierarhičnih nivojev, ki prispeva k večji povezanosti znotraj organizacije, ni zadosten pogoj za uspešno sodelovanje timov med različnimi oddelki. To ugotovitev potrjujejo rezultati študije dveh različno uspešnih timov, ki je pokazala na centraliziranost kot ključni dejavnik uspešnosti timov.