Exam 8: Self-Managed Teams and Team Leadership

Team innovation is the collective acquisition, combination, creation, and sharing of knowledge.

Shirking of individual responsibility, also known as social loafing, is a problem frequently noted in teams.

Probably the single greatest mistake made by those who call meetings is that they do not display the appropriate leadership style for the meeting.

A manager is conducting a department meeting with his followers. In this example, the manager and his followers qualify as what type of team?

Social loafing and groupthink are not likely to occur in self-managed teams.

One of the disadvantages of cross-functional teams is the lack of coordination and the many problems that can occur when people from different functions come together to work on a project at the same time.

What is groupthink, and under what conditions is it more likely to occur?

At the end of a meeting, the leader needs to review all assignments given during the meeting.

Paul is on a team in which the other members are from production, marketing, and R&D, respectively. Which of the following best describes what kind of team Paul is on?

Describe top management's and the team leader's roles in fostering creativity. For each, list activities they should undertake to promote creativity.

Describe the challenges of implementing effective self-managed teams.

Social loafing is likely to result when:

Advocates of the self-managed team believe that autonomy through shared control over critical task-related decisions allow the team to perform better than conventional teams.

Justin describes the way work gets done in his department as follows: "I get the assembled product from Jean; I paint it and send it to Tony for packaging." Justin's group is functioning as which of the following?

Team effectiveness has three components: task performance, group potency, and individual satisfaction.

Research on teamwork has found that individuals who are part of an effective team have greater job satisfaction and are less likely to leave their jobs.

What is groupthink, and under what conditions is it more likely to occur?

Encouraging interteam rivalries discourages creativity.

Cross-functional teams may also include representatives from outside organizations, such as suppliers, clients, and joint-venture partners.

A disadvantage of team-centered decision making is that it can end up being a poor compromise rather than an optimal solution.