A team is a group of people who work in tandem to achieve a common outcome (Chatfield, 2011). A common type of team in the workplace is self-managed teams (SMT). A self-managed team allows employees to manage the daily functions, operations and tasks of a specific work area with little or no supervision or intervention. In other words, it is a self-contained unit (Williams, 2011). For example, self-managed teams manage work direction, task assignment, resolve problems, and manage all decision-making aspects of work (Silverman, 1996). Additionally, companies that have used SMT report increased productivity and quality, improved employee morale, creativity, job satisfaction, and decreased absenteeism (Silverman, 1996). . Additionally, a 1990 study by Cohen (1993) found that forty-seven percent of Fortune 1000 companies used SMT with some of their staff. In two years, the number of SMTs increased to sixty percent. Thus, the prevalence of SMT in organizations can contribute to its tangible results. In the case of C&S Wholesale Grocers...