Chapter 12

Which of the following is an advantage of heavyweight teams? A. Heavyweight teams have strong cross-functional coordination and communication. B. The team structure of heavyweight teams increases the possibility of social loafing. C. Heavyweight teams are typically permanent. D. The team structure of heavyweight teams decreases the cross-fertilization of ideas.

A. Heavyweight teams have strong cross-functional coordination and communication.

At Tech Edge Incorporated, a special team is set up for designing and developing a robot capable of assisting visually impaired individuals with their daily chores. The members of the team are specialists from various divisions of the firm, including R&D, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution. The new team is put under the charge of a senior manager. This team is most accurately an example of a A. cross-functional team. B. laggard team. C. homogeneous team. D. self-directed work team.

A. cross-functional team

Virtual teams are best defined as teams in which members A. may be situated at a great distance from each other and collaborate intensively via advanced information technologies. B. are drawn from multiple functional areas in the firm such as R&D, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution, and they work at the company headquarters. C. have the tendency to cooperate only with people whom they perceive as being similar to themselves. D. have the tendency of shirking their responsibilities and bla

A. may be situated at a great distance from each other and collaborate intensively via advanced information technologies.

Which of the following is an advantage of cross-functional teams? A. A cross-functional interface ensures that cross-fertilization of ideas is reduced. B. Cross-functional teams allow a project to draw on a wider mix of information sources in the environment. C. Cross-functional teams usually reduce coordination and communication costs. D. Cross-functional teams are most efficient in eradicating homophily.

B. Cross-functional teams allow a project to draw on a wider mix of information sources in the environment.

Which of the following statements is true of functional teams? A. Functional teams consist of members from multiple areas in the firm such as R&D, marketing, manufacturing, distribution, and so on. B. The functional team structure provides little opportunity for cross-functional coordination. C. Functional teams are not appropriate for derivative projects that affect only a single function. D. Functional teams are usually permanent.

B. The functional team structure provides little opportunity for cross-functional coordination.

The vice president of Biomedics Incorporated is trying to decide the composition of a new product development team. If she chooses members from multiple functional areas in the firm, which of the following disadvantages is she most likely to experience? A. increase in instances of whistle-blowing B. increase in communication and coordination costs C. less cross-fertilization of ideas D. fewer instances of social loafing

B. increase in communication and coordination costs

Which of the following statements is true of the autonomous team structure? A. In autonomous teams, individuals may spend less than 10 percent of their time working on team-related activities. B. In autonomous teams, the potential for conflict between teams and functions is low. C. In autonomous teams, team members are collocated with a senior project manager. D. The project manager of an autonomous team is not given full control over resources.

C. In autonomous teams, team members are collocated with a senior project manager.

Which of the following statements is true of team leadership? A. Lightweight teams require senior managers with significant experience and organizational influence. B. Heavyweight and autonomous teams require junior or middle-management leaders who provide basic coordination between functional groups. C. In heavyweight and autonomous teams, the project manager must act as a concept champion for the team within the organization. D. In lightweight teams, the project manager must be someone who can

C. In heavyweight and autonomous teams, the project manager must act as a concept champion for the team within the organization.

Which of the following statements is true of heavyweight teams? A. Project managers of heavyweight teams lack the authority to command resources. B. Heavyweight teams are always temporary. C. In heavyweight teams, members are collocated with the project manager. D. Heavyweight teams are considered inappropriate for platform projects.

C. In heavyweight teams, members are collocated with the project manager.

Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with autonomous teams? A. The project manager of an autonomous team does not have any control over resources contributed from different functional departments. B. The autonomous team structure does not accommodate cross-functional integration. C. It is hard for autonomous teams to fold back into the parent organization when a project is completed. D. Autonomous teams do not have project managers because of which they face a lot of coordination

C. It is hard for autonomous teams to fold back into the parent organization when a project is completed.

Which of the following is true of group idea cross-fertilization? A. It results in creativity losses, regardless of whether individuals take turns to voice their ideas or volunteer their ideas at will. B. It improves an individual's ability to focus on their own idea generation process. C. It reduces the fear of judgment thus facilitating the generation of novel ideas. D. It causes more weight to be given to original ideas rather than ideas that are feasible.

C. It reduces the fear of judgment thus facilitating the generation of novel ideas.

Karen's supervisor, while discussing her participation in a new product development team, tells her that she has been engaging in social loafing. This means that Karen A. has been involved in whistle-blowing activities. B. has been discriminating against colleagues belonging to minority groups. C. has not been putting much effort into the team's work. D. has stolen office property.

C. has not been putting much effort into the team's work.

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of autonomous teams? A. Autonomous teams are not held accountable for the success of a project. B. Autonomous teams do not have a project manager, which leads to constant problems with coordination of activities. C. The degree of cross-functional integration is low in autonomous teams. D. Autonomous teams often do not conform to the operating procedures of the rest of the organization.

D. Autonomous teams often do not conform to the operating procedures of the rest of the organization.

Which of the following statements is true of project charters? A. They estimate the resources required, the development time schedule, and the results that will be achieved. B. They provide a tool for evaluating a team's performance in meeting objectives by providing a set of performance benchmarks to which the team's performance can be compared. C. They are important mechanisms for establishing team commitment to a project and a sense of ownership over the project. D. They encapsulate a project

D. They encapsulate a project's mission and articulate exact and measurable goals for the project.

Which of the following statements is true of lightweight teams? A. They are permanent. B. They seldom have dedicated liaison personnel and typically work independent of managers. C. They are most appropriate for projects in which high levels of coordination are required. D. They offer a small improvement in team coordination and likelihood of success over functional teams.

D. They offer a small improvement in team coordination and likelihood of success over functional teams.