Richard Hackman's Enabling Structure

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Enabling Structure
According to Richard Hackman, enabling structure is one of the five conditions on a successful and effective team (Hackman, 2002, p. 60). The process is challenging as it involves building a structure that considers organizational aspects as well as the team’s own needs, it requires to build a structure that maximizes resources, while taking into consideration task planning that supports collective internal motivation. With this purpose in mind, enabling structure should consist of three important characteristics, it should have a design of the work for the team, a set of core norms of conduct and team composition.
Designing of work for the team supports internal motivation. This area should consider team tasks as building …show more content…

These rules of action will enable the team to focus on the “must always dos” and the “never dos”, establishing these norms early will prevent members to engage in actions that are not adequate to the tasks at hand and it will help reduce unwelcome behavior. It is also important to note that having these norms in place will help members to create their own set of secondary rules which will be to their own preference. Deviant behavior will be reduced as these norms become active, the role of a leader will be to recognize this kind of behavior and to distinguish if the best corrective plan is to eradicate it or to take advantage of the opportunity a deviant member might bring to the …show more content…

Their conflicts could be resolved implementing an intervention utilizing the Workplace covenant by Silver, according to Silver this method builds a trusting relationship (Franz, 2012), this is exactly what this team needs as their relationship got broken, leaving a feeling of resentment since their former manager left the company, their bitterness got more profound when the buyout took place as their daily activities were challenged when new rules got introduced and these were not welcomed.
Team tasks will have to be reinforced in this intervention plan to enable structure building, members should be aware of what is expected from them and what they should expect from their leader, in the same manner members should recognize the new organization norms and integrate them to their daily routine. In the other hand, it is important the identify members who might be instigators and/or deviants in order to bring them to order following the core norms of conduct of the team and the

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