QUIZ 12 FINAL REVIEW

Functional teams typically have a project manager or dedicated liaison personnel.

False

Which of the following statements is true of the autonomous team structure?

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

Lightweight teams are appropriate for derivative projects in which low levels of coordination and communication are required.

True

At Tech Edge Inc., 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:

cross-functional team.

Virtual teams are best defined as teams in which members:

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

Which of the following statements is true of team leadership?

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?

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

The vice president of Biomedics Inc. 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?

Increase in communication and coordination costs

Which of the following statements is true of project charters?

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

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:

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

Ruth works in the advertising department of her company. It was observed that she interacted more frequently and more intensely with team members who shared her interests and social background but ignored others. This phenomenon exhibited by Ruth is referred to as:

homophily.

In the context of product development teams, which of the following statements is true?

As the size of a team increases, the potential for social loafing increases.

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of autonomous teams?

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

Which of the following is an advantage of cross-functional teams?

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

A contract book must be developed before a project charter is written.

False

A cross-functional team is one that has members of different ethnic backgrounds in a single functional area.

False

Homogeneous teams should possess more information, on average, than heterogeneous groups.

False

In a functional team approach to new product development, team members remain in their functional departments and may meet periodically to discuss the project.

False

In heavyweight teams, all team members are dedicated full-time to a project even after the completion of the project. Hence, these teams are permanent in nature.

False

In heavyweight teams, the long-term career development of individual members rests with their project managers rather than their functional managers.

False

Project managers of heavyweight teams are typically junior or middle management employees, who are not able to exert significant authority over team members.

False

Social loafing occurs when, as the size of a team decreases, individuals perceive that they will not receive full credit for their contribution to the group effort and so they make a strong commitment to increase their efforts.

False

Which of the following is an advantage of heavyweight teams?

Heavyweight teams have strong cross-functional coordination and communication.

Which of the following is an advantage of lightweight teams?

It is easier to coordinate activities in lightweight teams than in functional teams.

Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with autonomous teams?

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

Which of the following is a limitation of a functional team?

It may have little commitment to the development project.

Which of the following statements is true of functional teams?

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

Albert has put together a new product development team based on the functional team structure. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true about this team?

The team structure will be straightforward to implement.

Which of the following statements is true of lightweight teams?

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

A contract book is an important mechanism for establishing team commitment to a project and a sense of ownership over the project.

True

A lack of cross-functional communication can lead to a poor fit between product attributes and customer requirements.

True

Heavyweight teams are typically considered appropriate for platform projects.

True

Managers of lightweight teams are normally junior or middle management employees, who are not able to exert significant authority over team members.

True

Proximity and frequent interaction help teams to develop shared norms and a dialect for communicating about a project.

True

June is a member of a new product development team. Her supervisor asks her about her experience in the team, and she replies, "Our team seems to be suffering from homophily." This statement means that:

team members only like other people whom they perceive as being similar to themselves.