Question 1

Match the following:
-Consensus testing

Accepted Answer

A) Emotional closeness to other group members. 
B) A task function of a team. 
C) Closeness to the group and its members achieved through tasks and activities. 
D) Set of authority and task relations among a group's members. 
E) A maintenance function of a team or group.

Question 2

Match the following:
-Diagnosing problems

Accepted Answer

A) Emotional closeness to other group members. 
B) A task function of a team. 
C) Closeness to the group and its members achieved through tasks and activities. 
D) Set of authority and task relations among a group's members. 
E) A maintenance function of a team or group.

Question 3

Match the following:
-Board of directors

Accepted Answer

A) An example of a formally designated group. 
B) Strong interpersonal attractiveness among group members. 
C) The first stage in a group development. 
D) A benchmark against which team members are evaluated by each other. 
E) The devil's advocate within a group.

Question 4

Identify and briefly discuss the four distinguishing characteristics of a mature (well-functioning) group.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

At what stage of group development is the leader's role primarily one of recognition of the group's achievements?

Accepted Answer

A) forming 
B) norming 
C) storming 
D) performing

Question 6

Match the following:
-Cohesion

Accepted Answer

A) A group member who fails to contribute to group tasks and relies on others to carry the group. 
B) A strong group characteristic that functions to keep members together as a group; or the force that ties group members together. 
C) An expected behavior that group members use as a standard. 
D) The phenomenon of a group member losing his/her sense of belonging, contribution to the group, and accountability to the group. 
E) Two or more persons with mutually reinforcing skills and commitment to one another to accomplish a task goal.

Question 7

All of the following are considered important work process issues except:

Accepted Answer

A) diversity 
B) creativity 
C) dissimilarity 
D) role specification

Question 8

Match the following:
-Decision making

Accepted Answer

A) The final or mature stage of group development. 
B) Non-designated leadership. 
C) The facilitator and linking pin member of a cross-functional team. 
D) The second stage of group development. 
E) Alternate periods of inertia and bursts of energy.

Question 9

Which stage requires that team members feel they are a part of the team for further progression in group development to occur?

Accepted Answer

A) forming 
B) storming 
C) norming 
D) performing

Question 10

The development of group cohesiveness is negatively influenced by:

Accepted Answer

A) internal competition 
B) prestige of the group 
C) external pressure 
D) group size when there are only five to eight members

Question 11

The primary elements of work team structure include goals, operating guidelines, performance measures, and specification of roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Dependence on guidance and direction is the defining characteristic in what stage of group development?

Accepted Answer

A) norming 
B) forming 
C) performing 
D) adjourning

Question 13

Work team process issues have become less complex in the global workplace due to the ability to use virtual work teams.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Identify the stages of group development in Tuckman's 5-stage model, and briefly discuss the differences between the 5-stage model and Gersick's punctuated equilibrium model.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Hambrick and Fukutomi's research on CEO tenure found that the second stage of tenure involved:

Accepted Answer

A) selecting an enduring corporate theme 
B) responding to a Board of Directors mandate 
C) convergence or pulling together for performance 
D) experimentation

Question 16

Groups emphasize all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A) collective work products 
B) individual leadership 
C) exclusive work products 
D) personal accountability

Question 17

Some experts believe that only individuals within a team can be creative, but a professor at Northwestern University suggests that team creativity can be achieved. Which of the following practices would NOT enhance team creativity?

Accepted Answer

A) building a playground 
B) team diversity 
C) facilitator training 
D) conformity

Question 18

Dependence on guidance and direction is the declining characteristic in the forming stage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Informal groups are sometimes called emergent groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

At what stage of group development does the leader need to adopt a coaching style due to team challenges?

Accepted Answer

A) forming 
B) adjourning 
C) norming 
D) performing

Exam 9: Work Teams and Groups

Match the following: -Consensus testing

Match the following: -Diagnosing problems

Match the following: -Board of directors

Identify and briefly discuss the four distinguishing characteristics of a mature (well-functioning) group.

At what stage of group development is the leader's role primarily one of recognition of the group's achievements?

Match the following: -Cohesion

All of the following are considered important work process issues except:

Match the following: -Decision making

Which stage requires that team members feel they are a part of the team for further progression in group development to occur?

The development of group cohesiveness is negatively influenced by:

The primary elements of work team structure include goals, operating guidelines, performance measures, and specification of roles.

Dependence on guidance and direction is the defining characteristic in what stage of group development?

Work team process issues have become less complex in the global workplace due to the ability to use virtual work teams.

Identify the stages of group development in Tuckman's 5-stage model, and briefly discuss the differences between the 5-stage model and Gersick's punctuated equilibrium model.

Hambrick and Fukutomi's research on CEO tenure found that the second stage of tenure involved:

Groups emphasize all of the following except:

Some experts believe that only individuals within a team can be creative, but a professor at Northwestern University suggests that team creativity can be achieved. Which of the following practices would NOT enhance team creativity?

Dependence on guidance and direction is the declining characteristic in the forming stage.

Informal groups are sometimes called emergent groups.

At what stage of group development does the leader need to adopt a coaching style due to team challenges?