With the advancement of technology, a great deal of the administration process may be accomplished via remote means or automated systems, (Storey, 2007) thereby giving the teams more autonomy to function on their own and make their own decisions, simultaneously letting the higher management keep in touch. TESCO could use this to give more independence to their workers, thereby increasing their commitment to the team and the organisation, while also motivating them to perform better. Information technology advances can also be used by the TESCO manager to foster better communications among his workforce, thereby enabling his diverse members to become closer as a team. Another positive benefit is that IS and IT could be used to manage the operations of the supermarket more effectively, through the work teams.
Technological advances may also hinder human interaction, and create distance between the team members. (Drancefield, 2004)The employees of the supermarket could find it dissatisfying to replace human contact with technological connections, and it may also create the fear that they may be made redundant due to the advancing technology, leading to loss of motivation through job dissatisfaction.