A History of Teams

Abstract

In this chapter I shall describe some aspects of the history of teams in Sweden with the focus on the Volvo car industry, especially its assembly plants in Gothenburg, Kalmar and Uddevalla. The question is: when did teams appear in a modern fashion at Volvo and in what way have they developed up till this day? Concerning the later I shall focus on work organization and how the work content in the teams has developed; which are the signifiicant differences between teams of the 1970s and teams of today?