Exam 8: Team Dynamics

Barry's Software Development Team Barry was assigned recently to a large team working on a major software release that was taking longer than expected.Barry and the other latecomers into the project spent a month partnered with a senior programmer who went over the project in detail with them and got them up to speed.Unfortunately, this training put the project even farther behind schedule.After a few months of working on the project with so many other programmers, Barry's work output becomes noticeably lower than it was before when he was working independently.The loss of work time on the project because of the training is known as:

What is social loafing? Under what circumstances does social loafing become prominent? How can it be minimized?

The nominal group technique is a variation of brainstorming.

"Fault lines" are more likely to occur when teams:

A task force refers to any:

Teams tend to have more cohesion when entry to the team is restricted.

When highly cohesive teams have norms that conflict with organizational goals, team performance is reduced.

Homogeneous teams tend to have "fault lines" that may split the team to along gender, professional, or other dimensions.

When compared to people in low-cohesion teams, members of high-cohesion teams:

Synergie Inc.formed a team to improve revenues for its service stations along major highways in Malaysia.This team, which included a service station manager, a truck driver, and four or five marketing executives, disbanded after it had reviewed the Malaysian service stations and submitted a business plan.This team is called a(n):

Teams are well-suited to complex work that can be divided into more specialized roles.

Social loafing occurs:

Two company divisions produce completely different products but must seek funding from head office for a capital expansion project.The relationship between these two divisions would be best described as:

In team dynamics, process losses are best described as:

Team cohesiveness tends to be higher when:

Task forces are temporary groups that typically investigate a particular problem and disband when the decision is made.

Which of the following allow employees to collectively plan, organize, and control work activities with little or no direct involvement of a higher-status supervisor?

Teams develop their first real sense of cohesion during the norming stage of team development.

During the adjourning stage of team development, team members shift their attention away from relationships and instead focus mainly on completing the task.

Identification-based trust alone cannot sustain a team's relationship, because it relies on deterrence.