Exam 7: Groups and Teamwork

What does it mean when a project team is comprised of members with shared mental models? Please explain and provide a clear example.Why is it more challenging to have shared mental models in cross-functional teams?

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Shared mental models mean that team members share identical information about how they should interact and what their task is.(Insert example).Cross-functional teams present particular challenges because each team member is coming from a different part of the organization and/or has a different kind of professional background (e.g.,Marketing versus Engineering).

Work groups that bring people with different functional specialties together to better invent,design,or deliver a product or service are called

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Virtual teams are work groups that use technology to communicate and collaborate across time,space,and organizational ________.

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Cross-functional team leaders need especially strong ________ skills in addition to task expertise.

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Question 4

What kind of tasks are most appropriate for self-managed work groups?

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Question 5

Superordinate goals are attractive outcomes that can only be achieved by ________.

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Question 6

The textbook cites the example of how job seekers at Britain's Pret A Manger sandwich and coffee shops must work in a shop for a day and then the staff votes on whether the person can join the team.This is one strategy that can be used to help ensure the ________ of a new employee.

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Question 7

What are self-managed teams and how should they be designed in terms of tasks,composition,and support.

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Question 8

The punctuated equilibrium theory of group development has five phases.

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Question 9

Shared ________ models mean that the team members share identical information about how they should interact and what their task is.

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Question 10

Diverse groups tend to develop more ________ than less diverse groups.

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Question 11

Collective efficacy refers to shared beliefs that a team can successfully perform a given task.

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Question 12

What are the two forms of social loafing?

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Question 13

The recruitment of members for virtual teams should focus on good technical expertise rather than interpersonal skills.

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Question 14

Surface diversity can badly damage group cohesiveness.

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Question 15

Which factor is most important in leading to the success of a self-managed work team?

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Question 16

Which of the following statements concerning group cohesiveness is FALSE?

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You have just formed a group as a part of a class assignment to complete a group project.You are concerned that some of the group members are not going to put in the physical or intellectual effort required to complete their tasks.What is this called and what are its different forms? What can you to prevent this problem in your group?

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Question 18

On an additive task,the presence of an especially strong group member can compensate for a weak group member.

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Question 19

One of the primary features of virtual teams is the lack of face-to-face contact between team members.

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What does it mean when a project team is comprised of members with shared mental models? Please explain and provide a clear example.Why is it more challenging to have shared mental models in cross-functional teams?

Work groups that bring people with different functional specialties together to better invent,design,or deliver a product or service are called

Virtual teams are work groups that use technology to communicate and collaborate across time,space,and organizational ________.

Cross-functional team leaders need especially strong ________ skills in addition to task expertise.

What kind of tasks are most appropriate for self-managed work groups?

Superordinate goals are attractive outcomes that can only be achieved by ________.

The textbook cites the example of how job seekers at Britain's Pret A Manger sandwich and coffee shops must work in a shop for a day and then the staff votes on whether the person can join the team.This is one strategy that can be used to help ensure the ________ of a new employee.

What are self-managed teams and how should they be designed in terms of tasks,composition,and support.

The punctuated equilibrium theory of group development has five phases.

Shared ________ models mean that the team members share identical information about how they should interact and what their task is.

Diverse groups tend to develop more ________ than less diverse groups.

Collective efficacy refers to shared beliefs that a team can successfully perform a given task.

What are the two forms of social loafing?

The recruitment of members for virtual teams should focus on good technical expertise rather than interpersonal skills.

Surface diversity can badly damage group cohesiveness.

Which factor is most important in leading to the success of a self-managed work team?

Which of the following statements concerning group cohesiveness is FALSE?

On an additive task,the presence of an especially strong group member can compensate for a weak group member.

One of the primary features of virtual teams is the lack of face-to-face contact between team members.

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