Exam 12: Developing and Leading Teams: Part B

____ is(are)the outcomes desired for the team as a whole,not just goals of the individual members.

A_____team has members from a variety of countries who are,therefore,often separated significantly by time,distance,culture,and native language.

In the_____stage of team development,the roles of individual members accepted and understood,and team members show how effectively and efficiently they can achieve results together.

According to Diversity Competency: Angela Braly,CEO and President,WellPoint,Inc. ,in Wellpoint Inc. ,diversity is seen as :

The faculty at Northern University were recently unionized,but contract negotiations between faculty and the administration dragged on for over two years without any significant progress.During a faculty rally,the union president exhorted his colleagues to stand up for their right to fair treatment and just compensation by calling for a wildcat strike.Eighty percent of the faculty went out on an illegal strike,and refused to teach their classes for over a week.Then the administration obtained a restraining order,requiring the faculty to go back to work.At this point,the following conversation was overheard in the faculty lounge: Professor Carlier: "I'm going to teach my classes tomorrow.Union solidarity isn't worth a $500 fine to me!" Professor Tanko: "Not me.I'll stick with the union position,because it's right.We won't let those administration back-stabbers push us around anymore." It seems likely that Professor Carlier decided to strike as a result of ____,while Professor Tanko decided to strike as a result of ____.

The heart of any team is ____ by members for joint performance.

Differentiate among any two of the five stages that many teams and groups go through in their developmental sequence,and identify some of the issues and challenges a team faces in the two stages selected.

Global teams may operate like which type of team?

If a group member thinks to himself "If everyone feels that way,my feelings must be wrong," the group member is likely suffering from the groupthink characteristic of:

In Self Competency: Sanjiv Das's Leadership at CitiMortgage,what is the single biggest issue Das faced:

When one or more individuals in the group withhold effort,express negative feelings and attitudes,and violate important team norms and behaviors,the effect is called the:

How can superordinate goals help overcome the problems of conflicts among member goals,broader team goals,and organizational goals?

Which of the following statements about informal groups in organizations is false?

When team members do not commit to a clear set of goals and plan of action,what team dysfunction might be occurring?

Avoiding is an example of ____ role behavior in teams.

According to the Across Culture Competency: Alcoa's Global Virtual Team,common difficulties in leading a global virtual teams include:

According to Diversity Competency: Angela Braly,CEO and President,WellPoint,Inc. ,which of the following is not one of Wellpoint's techniques to foster diversity:

Describe the task-oriented,relations-oriented,and self-oriented roles of team members.Which are most important for team effectiveness and why?

The type of group that evolves informally to meet its members' personal security,esteem,and belonging needs is a:

In terms of the key influences on team effectiveness,the context factor refers essentially to the ____ of the team.