Section I. Evolving Ideas and Theories -- Historic Roots of Team Theory and Practice -- Work Teams Research -- History of Cell-Based Manufacturing -- The Human Relations Myth Unveiled -- The Evolution of Open Systems to the 2 Stage Model -- Section II. An Appreciative Look at Some Major Thinkers -- Kurt Lewin -- Socio-Technical Systems Approach to Work Team Design -- Deutschโ{128}{153}s Theory of Cooperation and Competition -- Allan Mogensen (1901โ{128}{147}1989) -- Modern Socio-Technology -- Section III. Developing Work Teams Around the World -- Work Teams in Australia -- Three Kinds of Autonomy at Work in Norway -- Group Fabrication to Self-Designing Work Teams -- Group Work Concepts in Germany -- The Formation of Work Teams in Russia -- Yugoslav Self-Management -- When the Teams Came Marching Home -- A History of Teams -- Functions and Emergence of New Work Organizations at Toyota Takahiro Fujimoto -- Section IV. Foundation of 21st Century Teams -- Self-Managing Teams in a Crystal Ball -- Teams in Organizations