Exam 11: Teams: Characteristics and Diversity

The degree to which team members interact with and rely on other team members for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team is known as:

In leader-staff teams, the leader makes decisions for the team and provides direction and control over members who perform assigned tasks.

In the _____ stage of group development, members remain committed to ideas they bring with them to the team and are unwilling to accommodate others' ideas. This triggers conflict that negatively affects some interpersonal relationships.

Which of the following statements is True?

Which of the following is the purpose of work teams as compared to other types of teams?

Which of the following represents the predictable sequence of stages in team development?

Management teams are formed to take on "one-time" tasks that are generally complex.

Jan works on the budget team. Members include the bookkeeper who tracks the daily expenditures and revenues of the company; the accountant who takes the bookkeeper's work and organizes it into financial statements, including the cash flow statement, the income statement, and the balance sheet; and the analyst who interprets the financial statements. Once these three tasks have been accomplished, Jan prepares and presents the results to top management. Jan's team engages in reciprocal interdependence.

High levels of self-management may be most advantageous for teams where members have high levels of team-relevant knowledge obtained from outside experts and others in their social networks.

Teams differ from groups because:

High-performing employees often feel the low-performing employees are rewarded more than they deserve in teams with high outcome interdependence. What could be a possible solution for designing a reward system that will keep all employees happy?

A musical group and a surgical team are examples of _____ teams.

Comprehensive interdependence requires less interaction and coordination among members than pooled interdependence.

In tasks with an objectively verifiable best solution, the member who possesses the highest level of the ability relevant to the task will have the most influence on the effectiveness of the team. These types of tasks are called _____.

A harmonizer attempts to find the halfway point to end conflict.

In the _____ stage of group development, members typically try to get a feel for what is expected of them, what types of behaviors are out of bounds, and who's in charge.

The effects of team diversity on team performance are independent of the nature of the team or the organizational context.

A high degree of outcome interdependence exists when team members share in the rewards that the team earns.

Explain the value in diversity problem-solving approach.

The coordinator is a team building role.