Exam 8: Team Dynamics

Rather than relying on design engineers alone to design new products,the CEO of Quokka Resources wants to form teams of people from several departments to develop more creative products.These teams will consist of design engineers,manufacturing engineers,marketing staff and purchasing staff.Quokka's CEO believes that these teams will develop more creative products than design engineers did when working alone.Identify three potential constraints that might interfere with the CEO's expected benefits of team-based decision making and creativity.

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Question 21

Groupthink is more likely to occur when the team has experienced recent success in other decision-making problems.

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Question 22

Self-directed work teams are typically responsible for a specialized skill,such as accounting or maintenance.

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Question 23

Social loafing is least common in situations where team members work alone towards a common output.

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Question 24

Self-directed work teams:

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Question 25

Office layout and other physical space characteristics influence the team's ability to accomplish tasks.

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Question 26

Which of these statements about brainstorming is FALSE?

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Question 27

The design and effectiveness of most teams are affected by:

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Question 28

IDEO and other successful companies continue to use brainstorming to enhance creativity.Identify one limitation of brainstorming as well as the benefits which explain why IDEO and other companies use brainstorming.

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Question 29

The three main foundations of trust are:

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Question 30

Companies can minimize social loafing by dividing the team's work into distinct units and assigning those unique tasks to each team member.

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Question 31

Electronic brainstorming relies mainly on email and electronic chat rooms to make decisions.

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Question 32

In terms of team size,the general rule is that teams:

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Question 33

If a dysfunctional norm is very deeply ingrained,the best strategy is probably to:

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Question 34

A symptom of groupthink is that the team feels comfortable with risky decisions because possible weaknesses are suppressed or glossed over.

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Question 35

What generally occurs during the 'storming' stage of team development?

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Question 36

An important rule in brainstorming is that no one is allowed to evaluate or criticize another team member's ideas.

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Question 37

Teams are groups with some degree of task interdependence and a common objective.

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Question 38

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

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Question 39

Teams with strong fault lines:

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Groupthink is more likely to occur when the team has experienced recent success in other decision-making problems.

Self-directed work teams are typically responsible for a specialized skill,such as accounting or maintenance.

Social loafing is least common in situations where team members work alone towards a common output.

Self-directed work teams:

Office layout and other physical space characteristics influence the team's ability to accomplish tasks.

Which of these statements about brainstorming is FALSE?

The design and effectiveness of most teams are affected by:

IDEO and other successful companies continue to use brainstorming to enhance creativity.Identify one limitation of brainstorming as well as the benefits which explain why IDEO and other companies use brainstorming.

The three main foundations of trust are:

Companies can minimize social loafing by dividing the team's work into distinct units and assigning those unique tasks to each team member.

Electronic brainstorming relies mainly on email and electronic chat rooms to make decisions.

In terms of team size,the general rule is that teams:

If a dysfunctional norm is very deeply ingrained,the best strategy is probably to:

A symptom of groupthink is that the team feels comfortable with risky decisions because possible weaknesses are suppressed or glossed over.

What generally occurs during the 'storming' stage of team development?

An important rule in brainstorming is that no one is allowed to evaluate or criticize another team member's ideas.

Teams are groups with some degree of task interdependence and a common objective.

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

Teams with strong fault lines:

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