The Necessary Architecture of Self-Regulating Teams

SYNOPSIS In this paper we present the meaning of self-regulation in Self-Regulating Teams (SRTs) and show the importance of self-regulating teams in a Learning Organisation. We show the contribution that SRTs could make to the process of an organisation that aims to become a Learning Organisation. In this paper we adopt a cybernetic approach to describe the role of SRTs and to identify the necessary conditions for SRTs to work at all. We show how Gordon Pask‟s Conversation Theory could be applied to selfregulating teams and present how „Learning Conversation‟ could provide the framework for successful organisational evolution through team self-regulation. We conclude by stating the implications of our analysis.