Exam 12: Organizing Around Teams

Strato Engineering, a technology product company, formed a team to develop the next generation of the company's model CVF-D. The team is composed of employees from various functional areas. This is a ________ team.

Age, skill, and experience are examples of ________.

Strategies such as avoidance, forcing, and compromise are used to resolve high conflict levels.

Teams with high levels of interconnectedness attain their goals better.

Every summer ABC Corp. hosts a picnic for employees and their families. The group that plans and makes all the arrangements for this event would be called a ________.

For a new project, Eldon forms a team of individuals from various functional departments. After a few days Eldon observes conflicts within the group over who will control it and what the group needs to be doing. This team is now in the ________ stage of group development.

Which one of the following types of conflict is most likely to be dysfunctional?

How can a manager of a global team enhance the team's efficiency and effectiveness?

Employees were paid and evaluated based on quantity of output so it expected the continuous improvement team to meet during the two daily 15-minute breaks. The only space available for these meetings was the noisy breakroom. Then management wondered why the group was not producing results. The most likely reason is ________

Which one of the following suggestions will help reduce the effect of social loafing in groups?