In the autonomy continuum (which shows how five kinds of teams differ in terms of autonomy), the correct sequence, from low team autonomy to high team autonomy, is .
A) employee involvement teams, traditional work groups, semi-autonomous work groups, self-managing teams, and self-designing teams
B) traditional work groups, employee involvement teams, self-managing teams, semi-autonomous work groups, and self-designing teams
C) traditional work groups, employee involvement teams, self-designing teams, and self-managing teams
D) traditional work groups, employee involvement teams, semi-autonomous work groups, self-managing teams, and self-designing teams
E) employer-mandated teams, traditional work groups, employee involvement teams, project teams, and self- managing teams

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The autonomy continuum starts with traditional work groups, which have the lowest level of autonomy, followed by employee involvement teams, semi-autonomous work groups, self-managing teams, and highest in autonomy are self-designing teams. Therefore, option D is the correct sequence of low to high team autonomy.

In the Autonomy Continuum (Which Shows How Five Kinds of Teams