Question 1

The more diverse a team is with regard to expertise, gender, age, and background, the more likely the team is to avoid groupthink.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following represents a unique challenge with regard to the management of virtual teams?

Accepted Answer

A) Building trust with virtual team. 
B) Not being physically seen by managers. 
C) Nature of communication used with virtual team. 
D) All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following leadership styles best serves a successful group as it has evolved to the performing stage?

Accepted Answer

A) director 
B) coordinator 
C) coach 
D) delegator

Question 4

Which of these is NOT a way to handle team conflict?

Accepted Answer

A) Try to keep people with long-running conflicts, personal or professional, off of the team. 
B) Create a team contract and outline expected behaviors. 
C) Bring two conflicting parties together prior to the team meeting to discuss issues. 
D) Conflict is good; just allow the team to discuss all the issues during the meeting and let the other team members mediate the problem.

Question 5

_______________________ teams make all decisions internally about leadership and how work is done and have the potential for high autonomy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ teams make all decisions internally about...

Question 6

The ideal composition of a team should be determined based on

Accepted Answer

A) team member demographics. 
B) the nature of the team's goals. 
C) the size of the organization. 
D) all of the above.

Question 7

Arielle is part of a team charged with developing a new name for a product.This is a(n) ________________ task.

Accepted Answer

A) development 
B) production 
C) idea generation 
D) problem-solving

Question 8

Empowerment means

Accepted Answer

A) having the responsibility to reach goals. 
B) having the authority to reach goals. 
C) having the ability to make decisions. 
D) having the responsibility and authority to reach goals.

Question 9

If psychological safety can be established for a team, the benefits will include

Accepted Answer

A) happier employees 
B) higher profits 
C) longer meetings 
D) more information sharing and improved performance

Question 10

Which of the following statements regarding ethics and teams is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Research demonstrates that hierarchical systems always constrain team members more than a self- managed team does. 
B) Self- managed teams are viewed as a technique to overcome the negative aspects of bureaucracy. 
C) Team pressure is often less powerful than managerial control. 
D) Team pressure is unlikely to result in unethical behavior by team members.

Question 11

An organizational behavior class has students working in teams.The teams have a final paper due.Maria's group has divided the paper up into sections making each group member responsible for one section.Maria is responsible for integrating all those sections.The group is organizing these tasks by using

Accepted Answer

A) sequential interdependence. 
B) pooled interdependence. 
C) reciprocal interdependence. 
D) outcome interdependence.

Question 12

Groups with high group cohesion and high task commitment generally have high performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Collective efficacy is generally influenced by verbal persuasion, group observation, and pay level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

List and describe three factors which affect group cohesion.

Accepted Answer

The answer of List and describe three factors which affect...

Question 15

As part of a Fundamentals of Business Communication course, students are placed in four-person teams to engage in various team activities throughout the course.The first exercise the groups are required to complete is the development of a team contract.Discuss what some key elements of that team contract should be, given that work produced by the team will be evaluated and will impact the individual grade achieved by a student.

Accepted Answer

The answer of As part of a Fundamentals of Business...

Question 16

___________, ______________, and _______________ are three task roles in the Team Role Typology.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ___________, ______________, and _______________ are three task...

Question 17

Tuckman's four-stage model of group development features the forming- ___________-_____________ and performing stages.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Tuckman's four-stage model of group development features...

Question 18

The Team Role Typology suggests that ___________ and ____________ are boundary spanning roles.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Team Role Typology suggests that ___________...

Question 19

Michael's group is very cohesive and very committed to the task at hand.What is their likely performance level?

Accepted Answer

A) low performance 
B) high performance if they do not value performance 
C) average performance 
D) high performance if they value performance

Question 20

Characteristics of cohesive groups include

Accepted Answer

A) knowing each other before formation of the group. 
B) working together on a meaningful task. 
C) having a random pattern of communication. 
D) indifference regarding membership in the group.

Exam 9: Managing Groups and Teams

The more diverse a team is with regard to expertise, gender, age, and background, the more likely the team is to avoid groupthink.

Which of the following represents a unique challenge with regard to the management of virtual teams?

Which of the following leadership styles best serves a successful group as it has evolved to the performing stage?

Which of these is NOT a way to handle team conflict?

_______________________ teams make all decisions internally about leadership and how work is done and have the potential for high autonomy.

The ideal composition of a team should be determined based on

Arielle is part of a team charged with developing a new name for a product.This is a(n) ________________ task.

Empowerment means

If psychological safety can be established for a team, the benefits will include

Which of the following statements regarding ethics and teams is accurate?

Groups with high group cohesion and high task commitment generally have high performance.

Collective efficacy is generally influenced by verbal persuasion, group observation, and pay level.

List and describe three factors which affect group cohesion.

_, , and _______ are three task roles in the Team Role Typology.

Tuckman's four-stage model of group development features the forming- _-___ and performing stages.

The Team Role Typology suggests that _ and __ are boundary spanning roles.

Michael's group is very cohesive and very committed to the task at hand.What is their likely performance level?

Characteristics of cohesive groups include