A committee is similar to a task force in that it is focused on a specific project
for a discrete period of time. A committee can be a group of people who are formally
delegated to perform a task, such as a search process or a decision-making
process. Committees can also be formed to take action on a matter without the
explicit involvement of the organization the committee members belong to. In other
words, a committee can have different levels of member interdependence and varying
degrees of autonomy from the members’ organizations. Along the spectrum of
team autonomy, committees can have more autonomy than task forces.