Exam 6: Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation

Robert didn't mince words. If a person's ideas were ill-considered, he was likely to tell them that their ideas were bad. If there was a disagreement, he plainly stated that the person with the opposing viewpoint was wrong. To some, his manner was abrasive and un-collegial and this was a source of:

The design team's location in one centralized cube farm made it convenient for them to interact with each other and overhear conversations that they had something to contribute to, proving once again the value of:

The punctuated equilibrium model of team development says that:

When negotiating, it is important to:

The Liberal Arts faculty failed to see the reason that every professor on campus would not make exactly the same amount of money, arguing that every person is of equal value. The business faculty relied on the laws of supply and demand and market forces to guide their wages and couldn't fathom why their counterparts could be such dunderheads. The source of conflict between these two groups is:

If preferred project team members are not available, the project manager should notify top management of the consequences.

A manager engaged in conflict mediation may choose to:

Which of these questions is important to consider as you enter a negotiation?

The semester project was due at 8:00 a.m. the next day and as the sun rose swiftly in the east, the team of four graduating seniors held their collective breath. If their database project worked (and why wouldn't it, they had begun early yesterday afternoon) they would complete their quest and graduate in a week with their shiny diplomas in MIS. Their drive to finish the project with A quality work was clear testament to their:

Because conflict is perceptual in nature:

Virtual teams are often slowed down by difficulty establishing:

What are three consequences of poorly designed or unclear goals?

What are three options to consider when searching for win-win alternatives in negotiation? How does each option work?

What are three practical steps that project managers can take so that teamwork can emerge?

Sketch the two-stage model of cross-functional cooperation and describe all of the elements.

The author presents the need for a productive interdependency among project team members. What are the tradeoffs between differentiation and redundancy and how are these related to a productive interdependency?

An overall goal or purpose that is important to all functional groups involved, but whose attainment requires the resources and efforts of more than one group, is a(n):

The husband in the marriage project meekly apologized and hid in the garage while the other project team member rampaged through the house. The husband holds the:

Which two steps of project team building are out of sequence?

Managers involved in negotiation should: