Mutual Design of Teams and Information Technology, Affecting Organizational Performance

If teamwork is the key to effective organizations, information technologyis the key to effective teamwork. the first part of this paper introduces the conceptof using teams and information technology to effect organizational performance.each element on the left side of this equation (the teams and the informationtechnology) is of equal importance in bringing about the result (organizationalperformance); in fact, the synergistic relationship between teams and informationtechnology makes them far more effective agents of change together than eithercould be apart. in the second 'part of this paper a quantitative model is presented thatmakes clear the significance of this relationship and presents the basic componentsof the process intended to exploit it: the mutual design of teams and informationtechnology.