Team Size and the "Goldilocks Zone"
Gary Salton's latest research suggests that there is a “Goldilocks” zone for optimum team size and communcation efficiency.
His group studied 3815 teams using the iOpt methodology (which I have featured in this blog before). The results suggests that between 4 and 9 people covers 25% of the distribution but contains 60% of the teams.
Gary concludes that this clustering suggests that there leaders create these team sizes in the “Goldilocks” range to be optimal for their purpose.
His group studied 3815 teams using the iOpt methodology (which I have featured in this blog before). The results suggests that between 4 and 9 people covers 25% of the distribution but contains 60% of the teams.
Gary concludes that this clustering suggests that there leaders create these team sizes in the “Goldilocks” range to be optimal for their purpose.
There is a neat youTube movie attached to Gary's blog which shows how it all works - see http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=00zae1QgH5U.
Well, my own experience suggests that 4 to 9 is indeed a decent team size (and also a useful span of control for a manager). Nice to see science backing that up!
Read the full research on Gary's blog at garysalton.blogspot.com.
Labels: goldilocks, span of control, team
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