Question 1

Team members prefer low task interdependent situations when there's low outcome interdependence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the _____ stage of group development, members experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.

Accepted Answer

A)   performing
B)   forming
C)   storming
D)   norming
E)   adjourningF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Identify and briefly describe the five aspects of team composition.

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The five aspects of team composition are...

Question 4

Which of the following statements about leader-staff teams is False?

Accepted Answer

A)   The members are bound to follow their duties and have no scope for improving their performance.
B)   The responsibilities of the leader and the rest of the team are distinct.
C)   The leader makes decisions for the team and provides direction and control over members.
D)   The members perform assigned tasks and cannot choose their own tasks.
E)   The members have some latitude with respect to the behaviors they exhibit.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

In a group, the member performing the role of the devil's advocate:

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A)   offers constructive challenges to the team's status quo.
B)   establishes the direction for the team.
C)   motivates team members to work harder toward team goals.
D)   resolves differences among teammates.
E)   praises the work of teammates.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

With pooled interdependence, group members complete their work assignments independently, and then this work is simply "piled up" to represent the group's output.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Team viability refers to the likelihood that the team can work together effectively into the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In reciprocal interdependence, members are specialized to perform specific tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is a team building role?

Accepted Answer

A)   Initiator-contributor
B)   Orienter
C)   Energizer
D)   Procedural-technician
E)   CompromiserF) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is True of teams?

Accepted Answer

A)   A team consists of two or more people who work independently, with distinct goals and strategies.
B)   A team works interdependently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose.
C)   Groups are formed with a specific purpose in mind, while teams do not have a specific goal.
D)   The members of a team operate relatively independently of each other, and other members are not essential to their accomplishment of goals.
E)   Interactions among members within teams are more personal and informal than interactions between people in groups.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

Work at Digicorp is accomplished continuously because members of a team who have finished their workday in one country electronically hand off the work to team members in another country who have just arrived at their workplace. This type of workflow is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   off-shoring
B)   cross-docking
C)   featherbedding
D)   follow the sun
E)   time-to-marketF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 12

Team reward structures with hybrid outcome interdependence reward members based on how well they perform as individuals rather than overall team performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Cora frequently challenges the teams' assumptions and status quo. Cora exhibits the devil's advocate role.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

While _____ teams focus on the accomplishment of core operational-level production and service tasks, _____ teams focus on integrating the activities of subunits across business functions.

Accepted Answer

A)   management; work
B)   action; work
C)   parallel; project
D)   project; work
E)   work; managementF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Jackson High School formed several teams to plan and execute the 150th anniversary celebrations of the school. Over a period of two months, the teams organized events, oversaw logistics, and coordinated student activities. The events that were planned were on a large scale and required a lot of input from the teachers and students. This is an example of a(n)  _____ team.

Accepted Answer

A)   project
B)   management
C)   work
D)   action
E)   parallelF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

The orienter determines the direction of the team's discussion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

_____ diversity refers to diversity with respect to attributes that are less easy to observe initially but that can be inferred after more direct experience.

Accepted Answer

A)   Disjunctive
B)   Similarity-attraction
C)   Surface-level
D)   Conjunctive
E)   Deep-levelF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

According to the similarity-attraction approach, a team with high diversity will have high team effectiveness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Summarize the five-stage progression model of team development.

Accepted Answer

During the forming stage, members orient...

Question 20

Tasks for which the contributions resulting from the abilities of every member are considered in total to determine team performance are called _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   additive tasks
B)   conjunctive tasks
C)   subjunctive tasks
D)   disjunctive tasks
E)   indicative tasksF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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In the _____ stage of group development, members experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.

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Team reward structures with hybrid outcome interdependence reward members based on how well they perform as individuals rather than overall team performance.

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Summarize the five-stage progression model of team development.

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While _ teams focus on the accomplishment of core operational-level production and service tasks, _ teams focus on integrating the activities of subunits across business functions.

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Which of the following is a team building role?

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