Exam 9: Top Performance Through Empowerment,teamwork,and Communication

Companies,under a stock options plan,give employees the option to purchase a specified amount of company stock at a given price within a given time period.

According to a research on team effectiveness,to achieve best results the ideal team size is usually _____ members.

The website of Internet Trading Inc.,a stock broking firm,is under serious threat as numerous cyberattacks have infiltrated its system.The senior management at the firm immediately forms a team of eight members to deal with the cyber-attack.The team was able to resolve the issue in under two weeks and the team was later dissolved.This team is more likely to be an example of a _____ team.

An example of affective conflict is when teams reconcile differences to produce the best possible solution.

Which of the following is considered to be the biggest problem with e-mail as a form of business communication?

Which of the following statements is correct regarding team conflict?

Elektra is part of a team that conducts meetings and conferences with the aid of information technology.This is so because the other team members are dispersed across the country.Elektra is most likely to belong to a _____ team.

When individuals from low-context cultures partner with those from high-context cultures for a new business,the former should ideally

Because of the availability of e-mail,videoconferencing,and group communication software,members of virtual teams rarely meet face to face.

Size of the team is important because absenteeism is more likely to be found in smaller teams.

E-mail is considered one of the most secure forms of communication.

Which of the following statement is NOT true regarding grapevine?

Teams at Stratorg Corp.come from many different countries,with skills ranging from creativity to communication to search engine optimization.This is an example of team

Most often,self-managed teams,which consist of people with different strengths from various company departments,work on specific problems or projects,but they can also serve as permanent work team arrangements.

The average person can recall only half of a message immediately after listening to it.

Akito,the vice president of Alpha-Care Health Center,communicates developments in the healthcare industry to his employees through newsletters that he sends via email.In this scenario,Akito has used _____ to communicate with his employees.

Polite listeners are attentive listeners.

Because of the availability of e-mail,videoconferencing,and group communication software,members of virtual teams rarely meet face to face.

Employees spend a significantly higher amount of time communicating on a daily basis than managers.

Talonte's team is engaged in problem solving and appears focused on accomplishing tasks.Talonte's team is likely to be in which stage?