MTG 300 Quiz 10

An organization should use teams when:

Ample resources are available

Which of the following factors is necessary for stretch goals to effectively motivate teams?

Bureaucratic immunity

_____ means that teams no longer have to go through the frustratingly slow process of multilevel reviews and sign-offs to get management approval before making changes.

Bureaucratic immunity

With _____ conflict, team members disagree because their different experiences and expertise lead them to different views of the problem and solutions.

Cognitive

Joshua, an employee at Waves Corp., is a member of a typical traditional work group. Joshua should expect to be responsible for:

Doing what he is told to do

In general, skill-based pay is most effective for managing the performance of self-managing and self-directing teams.

False

Which of the following is one of the stages that teams pass through as they develop and grow rather than decline?

Performing

Which of the following kinds of teams is always temporary?

Project team

_____ can be best defined as the ability to change organizational structures, policies, and practices if doing so helps teams meet their stretch goals.

Structural accommodation

The finance team of a start-up company has a majority of white employees. It, however, plans to hire more people from various other ethnic backgrounds in the near future. The organization is trying to increase its _____.

Team diversity

Jessica works in the Human Resources department of a social media organization. The organization is currently hiring a team of designers to revamp its current interface. Which of the following factors would best help Jessica in selecting the right team?

Team level

Which of the following statements about semi-autonomous work groups is true?

They have the authority to make decisions that are typically made by supervisors and managers.

Identify the statement that is true about virtual teams.

They typically require smaller time commitment than traditional teams do.

In the decision-making process, teams can do a much better job than individuals in defining the problem and generating alternative solutions.

True

Structural accommodation means giving teams the ability to change organizational structures, policies, and practices if it helps them meet their stretch goals.

True

Teams are typically required when tasks are complex, require multiple perspectives, or require repeated interaction with others to complete.

True

Self-managing teams are different from semi-autonomous work groups in that team members:

manage and control all of the major tasks directly related to production of a product or service without first getting approval from management.

Teams should NOT be used when:

there is no clear, engaging purpose.

In the autonomy continuum, the correct sequence, from low team autonomy to high team autonomy, is:

traditional work groups, employee involvement teams, semi-autonomous work groups, self-managing teams, and self-designing teams.