A team oriented approach to department organization in the microelectronics industry

A summary is presented of an experiment to completely organize an engineering department using the team concept. The effectiveness of the team-oriented department organization was measured by an opinion survey. The results of this survey were tabulated at department, project and organization levels. The results for the team-organized department are compared to the results for the entire organization. The team-oriented department is considered a success. It has proven more flexible to changing demands than the classic department structure. The team organization requires superior time budgeting skills of the engineers, but it also allows more engineers to do problem solving and development on a regular basis