Exam 13: Creating and Managing Teams

Team 3 has been working together for several years, implementing modifications to the company's current product. None of the members of this team are at the same location. They utilize a variety of graphic-electronic technologies to view the product onscreen in three-dimension at each location simultaneously. Which one of the following is the best way of describing Team 3?

Asch's experiment, which used lines of varying lengths to test group behavior, has shown the existence of ________.

List and describe the four most common types of teams likely to be found in today's organizations.

A pattern of behavior expected of someone occupying a given position in a social unit is called a ________.

Leadership is very important to effective teams. In most cases, effective team leaders act as ________.

Groups that are determined by the organization chart and composed of individuals who report directly to a given manager are called ________.

Formal groups are work groups that are defined by the organization's structure and have designated work assignments and specific tasks directed at accomplishing organizational goals.

A self-managed team is a formal group of employees who operate without a manager and are responsible for a complete work process or segment.

Under some conditions, high levels of conflict are conducive to high levels of group performance.

Groupthink has the ability to undermine critical thinking in the group and harm the quality of decision making.

Identify the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making.

Which one of the following is true about the effectiveness of individual decision making over group decision making?

Odill intentionally included in his team individuals with opposing views, believing that a variety of opinions made for better decisions. Odill has a(n) ________ view of conflict.

Which one of the following stages in group development involves defining the group's structure and leadership?

Individuals have the tendency to expend less effort when working collectively than when working individually. Which one of the following concepts relates most closely to this behavior?

Which one of the following refers to a prestige grading, position, or rank within a group?

"Slow down, Mary. You're making us all look bad." These comments likely came from a worker concerned about ________.

Which one of the following types of conflict is based on how the work gets done?

Social loafing is consistent with collectivist cultures.

Utilimotors decided teams would help improve employee morale and increase profitability so all employees were assigned to one of many different teams. The results were disappointing. This might be because team ________.