A number of organizations tried to mimic Chrysler's success by creating their own work teams,but the results have not always been so positive. For example,in the mid-1990s,Levi's directed its U.S. plants to abandon their individually structured production processes and replace them with team-oriented work designs.In the old piecework system, employees worked alone, performed a single,specialized task (e.g.,attaching a zipper to a pair of jeans),and were paid to the amount of work produced(eg,zippers attached).In the new system,groups of 10 to 25 workers would share all the tasks that go into sewing together a pair of pants and then be paid according to the total number of trousers completed. ©2004 by UIBE Liu yuxin 3-6© 2004 by UIBE Liu yuxin 3-6 ƒ A number of organizations tried to mimic Chrysler's success by creating their own work teams, but the results have not always been so positive. ƒ For example, in the mid-1990s, Levi's directed its U.S. plants to abandon their individually structured production processes and replace them with team-oriented work designs. In the old piecework system, employees worked alone, performed a single, specialized task (e.g., attaching a zipper to a pair of jeans), and were paid to the amount of work produced(eg, zippers attached). In the new system, groups of 10 to 25 workers would share all the tasks that go into sewing together a pair of pants and then be paid according to the total number of trousers completed