Exam 9: Understanding Groups and Managing Work Teams

During a recent meeting, a shouting match arose between a design manager and a marketing representative about a marketing plan for a new product.This team is most likely at the _________ stage of group development.

A member of a global team from a country that has high uncertainty avoidance may have problems dealing with this.

As the size of a group increases, the output of _________.

A major contextual factor that contributes to making a team effective is _________.

A Japanese manager with the biggest office is likely to have the most power within an organisation.

How can managers guard against social loafing?

Effective teams should avoid conflict at all costs.

What defines a formal group?

The skills of a work team can vary randomly.

Members of a virtual team never actually communicate with one another.

A team that lacks discipline needs which of the following to fulfil this team role?

A team's upholder-maintainer would likely submit the team's request for a large increase in resources to top management.

Amazon's 'two-pizza' rule states that the best teams should be small enough so that they can be satisfied with no more than two pizzas.

The main difference between work groups and work teams is that _________.

It is best to exclude people who prefer to work alone from teamwork.

Which of the following statements about team skills is correct?

Which of the following should a team try to completely eliminate, if possible?

The primary reason for why social loafing occurs is that output contributions from _________ easily be measured.

Research has shown that teams with _________ performed poorly.

Work teams that perform at a high level typically fill _________ different team roles.