The focal organization for this article is the leading engineering service company in Thailand hereinafter called ‘Thai CLV’. The company is well known for the good quality of its maintenance projects for oil tanks with a long period of service for the customers. Due to the rapidly changing engineering and technological landscape and the robust competition of the external environment and competitors, the management of the company believes that the utilization of team structure could deliver a flexible working environment and better outcomes for the project. Therefore, its field operations have utilized a team structure for its tank maintenance process. The focus of this article is Thai CLV’s effort to further organize itself around high-performance teams by exploring the opportunities of external functions towards a high-performing entrepreneurial team.
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