OS286 Ch. 8.

The two types of roles that are very important to effective group functioning are forming and storming.

False: it's task and maintenance.

Trust of character is known as competency trust.

False

The 3 Cs of effective teams include charters and strategies, composition, and conscientiousness.

False: These 3 Cs are at the team level, which contrasts with the 3 Cs of effective team players that focus on the individual or member level. Charters and strategies, composition, and capacity are the 3 Cs of effective teams.

A group member who says ________ is performing a maintenance role.

"Juan, you have been quiet lately. What do you think?"

To become a team, a group must be composed of members with similar skills and personalities.

false

Forms of trust include all of the following except

constructive.

An _______ is the person who promotes greater understanding through examples or exploration of implications for a group.

elaborator

Which of the following are the 3 Cs of team players?

committed, collaborative, competent

Teams composed of specialists from different areas are called virtual teams.

false: Self-managed teams are defined as groups of workers who are given administrative oversight for their task domains.

Which of the following is an organizational function of a group?

implementing complex decisions

In which stage of the group development process are group members asking, "How can I best perform my role?"

performing

________ teams are assembled to tackle a particular problem, task, or project.

Project

Team ________ describes the collection of jobs, personalities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience levels of team members.

composition

Gatekeeper is a maintenance role in groups.

True

True or False: A group that gets together because of a common interest is an informal group.

True