Exam 10: Building Teams and Work Groups

A technology company formed a temporary project team to study the next wave in software development,while other teams maintain and service existing software programs.This is an example of a:

Teams are effective when tasks are complex and task interdependence is high.

Focusing on both process and content is essential for teams to be effective.

A team member can become distracted by a work or personal problem that prevents him/her from following through on commitments made to the team.This team member is best described as a(n):

Discuss the characteristics associated with a high-performance team.

High-performance teams are characterized by:

Which of the following statements is true of a group?

Write a short note on a task force in the workplace.

Which of the following,if followed by a manager,is likely to yield good results?

In the adjourning stage,a team member/leader's role is to:

The increase in organizational hierarchy and managerial layers has led to the evolution of self-managed teams.

The term "group" is synonymous with the term "team".

List the benefits of teams in the workplace.

Social loafing promotes synergy among team members.

As the number of people working on a task increases,so does the likelihood that one or more team members slack off,hoping that others will pick up the slack.This is known as:

In which stage of team development do members engage in behaviors such as understanding the broad scope and objectives of the project as well as learning about the resources available to the team to complete the project?

In the storming stage,_________.

Lillie is a team leader at Salesplus.com.Her team is made up of 15 members.Recently,she has noticed a tendency of some team members to participate much less than others.They seem uninterested and content to let others do the work.This is called:

In the workplace,_____ might look like a team agreeing to a schedule that is too ambitious,committing to finding a creative solution to a problem that has never before been solved,or choosing an investment option that is probably "too good to be true."

Which of the following statements is true of a task force?