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Which of the following would be categorized as teams?

1. a group of professors who meet monthly to identify and recommend best practices for online education 2. a group of parishioners who review and set priorities for the repair and maintenance of church buildings and grounds

1 work team 2.Paralle team 3. project team 4.action team 5. management team

1. a team that makes goods or offers services 2 a team composed of members from various jobs 3. a team formed to solve a one-time problem 4. a team that executes complex task 5.a team that oversees the functioning of an organization

List the following types of task interdependence in order of degree of interdependence, placing the task with the highest degree of interdependence at top.

1. comp 2. reciprocal 3 seq 4. pooled

Order the stages of group development from first to last, with the first stage listed at the top and the last stage at the bottom.

1. forming 2. storming 3. norming 4. performing 5. adjourning

Which of the following are characteristics that help distinguish the five general types of teams?

1. the extent to which team members are participating. 2. the objectives of the team. 3. the life span of the team.

______ interdependence demands the highest level of interaction and coordination among team members.

Comprehensive

Which of the following typically occurs with increasing levels of task interdependence?

Members spend increasing amounts of time coordinating their activities.

______ is the extent to which the work performed by one member of a group affects what other members do.

Task interdependence

The correlation between task interdependence and team performance tends to be highest in teams

The correlation between task interdependence and team performance tends to be highest in teams

Which of the following is true of programs like Slack and Adobe Connect?

They give the ability to analyze real-time problems.

Which of the following is true of virtual teams?

They should progress through normal team stages just like in-person teams.

True or false: All teams are groups, but not all groups are teams.

True

Which of the following best describes a management team?

a group of executives who oversee the functioning of a company

Which of the following is the best description of a mission statement?

a written declaration of an organization's core purpose and focus

An air ambulance flight team involved in air medical transport and emergency air lift services would be regarded as a(n) ______ team.

action

Teams whose tasks are quite complex and take place in contexts that are either highly visible to an audience or of a highly challenging nature are known as teams.

action

Vonetta laughed derisively at her teammate during the meeting and exclaimed, "Wow, I've heard some dumb ideas come out of this group before, but that one takes the cake!" Which individualistic role does this best describe?

aggressor

Research has demonstrated that team members are most pleased with a team in which there are ______ team members.

between four and five

In a complex surgery, the surgeon, assisting surgeons, nurses, surgical technicians, and anesthesiologist perform specific tasks but also interact with one another continuously and make necessary adjustments as needed. This is an example of ______ interdependence.

comprehensive

Which team-building role tries to find middle ground among the team members when it becomes necessary to end disagreements about a course of action in order to move forward with a task?

compromiser

In a relay race, if one runner fails to complete a leg of race, the entire team is disqualified. This is an example of a(n) ______ task.

conjunctive

As a general rule, as the extent of task interdependence ______, the time spent staying in touch with and coordinating with team members to finish tasks ______.

decreases; decreases

Which type of diversity encompasses differences in attitudes, values, and psychological characteristics of people?

deep-level diversity

A group of algebra students is working collaboratively on an in-class assignment. Oliver is considered an algebra "whiz," so he's quick to solve the problems, and the rest of the group is happy to go along with his answers. The assignment is an example of a(n) ______ task.

disjunctive

The value in diversity problem-solving approach suggests that

diverse teams have larger sets of information and points of view that the team can use.

A quality-improvement team consists of 8 members—3 women and 5 men. They range in age from 27 to 60 and represent a variety of ethnic and racial groups. These differences are a reflection of the team's

diversity.

During the team meeting, Mark spoke up. "I'd like to point out that our team met our deadline this week. Good job, team! We worked hard and we made it happen." What team-building role is Mark displaying

encourager

True or false: In leader-staff teams, decisions are made collaboratively between the team leader and members of the team.

false

In her organizational behavior class, Professor Johnson has assigned a group project that is worth 30% of students' final grade. Students in one of the groups meet immediately after class to discuss the project and reach a mutual understanding of the project: each group member has the same shared vision of earning an A on the project, and every member of the team is expected to do his or her part to achieve it. This is an example of

goal interdependence.

According to your text, team members can best operate more independently when they

have high levels of team-relevant knowledge from outside experts.

Professor Johnson has assigned a group project in her organizational behavior course, and students in each team will receive the same grade for the project, regardless of how much -- or how little -- they contribute to the overall project. This is an example of

high outcome interdependence.

In an organization with compensation that has ______ outcome interdependence, a(n) ______ portion of the employee's pay depends on the team's output and performance.

high; large

The final project in Professor Garcia's class is a group research paper and presentation. However, the project grade is split into a team component and an individual component based on peer evaluations and individual progress reports. This is an example of ______ interdependence.

hybrid outcome

Behaviors that benefit the individual at the expense of the team are referred to as roles.

individualistic

Even though the administrative staff at a law firm works together as a team, their output is rewarded on an individual basis. This practice fosters

low outcome interdependence.

Members of the budget committee at XYCAT Co. review and approve departmental budgets that are submitted by various department heads. This is an example of ______ team.

management

According to research, task interdependence exerts a ______ impact on team performance.

moderate positive

During a staff meeting, Perry politely interrupted one of his team members who was going off on a tangent. "You've got some good points, Jim," he said, "But I think we need to keep this discussion focused on the problem we've already identified. Can we get back on track?" What team task role do Perry's actions best describe?

orienter

The hospital's Grievance Committee is made up of members from various departments and is responsible for reviewing patient grievances and making recommendations to promptly resolve those complaints. This committee is an example of a(n) ______ team.

paralle

In order to improve quality at a manufacturing firm, managers put together a team composed of members of various departments to meet on a part-time basis to analyze and discuss issues of product quality and make recommendations for change. This is an example of a(n) ______ team.

parallel

This type of team can be very effective remotely because the members are working in their normal jobs and only come together when there is an issue.

parallel

A way to measure team effectiveness regarding a particular task is to assess the team's

performance.

At Lamb's Peace Church, the music director, youth group director, and director of religious education work on their tasks with little collaboration, even though they share an administrative staff. This is an example of ______ interdependence.

pooled

Each branch of a large regional credit union operates largely autonomously but is part of the same organization. This is an example of ______ interdependence.

pooled

Which of the following types of teams benefits the least from having a relatively large number of members

production teams

Lydia works with employees from other departments of the company as part of Team Diablo a product development team responsible for designing the company's next-generation dishwasher control unit. Lydia is a member of a(n) ______ team.

project

The Humane Society formed a committee to organize and coordinate a fund-raising auction to be held for the benefit of the animals. This is an example of a(n) ______ team.

project

The model of group development that asserts that teams establish patterns of behavior for task completion, experience a period of inertia midway through the project, and then fundamentally change their behavior in order to complete the project in a timely manner is referred to as

punctuated equilibrium.

When the silent-auction committee was formed, the members quickly worked out task goals and how they planned to proceed. However, after a couple of months, it became apparent that their original plan was inadequate, so they revised their plans and set off in a new direction. The auction committee experienced

punctuated equilibrium.

In a marketing firm, ideas for a new marketing campaign must be sent back and forth between graphic designers and business development representatives several times for input, feedback, and changes before finally being published. This is an example of ______ interdependence

reciprocal

A type of task Interdependence in which team members have specialized tasks but there is not a strict sequence of events is

reciprocal interdependence.

A(n) is defined as a pattern of behavior that a person is expected to display in a given context.

role

A relay race in which each runner must pass the baton to the next runner on the team is an example of ______ interdependence.

sequential

At Abels Enterprises, a manufacturer of outdoor furniture, one worker assembles the frames for the chairs and then passes them on to a second worker. This worker fastens the cushions before passing the chairs on to a third worker, who wraps the chairs for shipment to customers. This is an example of ______ interdependence.

sequential

During the ______ stage of team development, team members may encounter team members with differing ideas and experience interpersonal conflict.

storming

Observable demographic and other overt differences in people, such as gender, age, and race, are known as ______ diversity

surface-level

Behaviors that are directly related to the accomplishment of team tasks are referred to as ______ roles.

team task

The saying "Birds of a feather flock together" would best describe which of the following?

the similarity-attraction approach

The phenomenon in which people tend to interact with people who are similar to themselves and avoid interacting with those who are dissimilar is known as

the similarity-attraction approach.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of a work team?

to make goods or offer services

The likelihood that the members of a team can work together effectively into the future is referred to as team

viability.

What does Dell credit as being a critical factor to engagement in remote team meetings?

video

A team whose members are geographically dispersed but are linked through information technologies to work interdependently toward common goals is known as a(n) team.

virtual

Anton is a project manager at a large, multinational insurance company in the U.S.. His team members are located in Ireland, Bangladesh, and Australia and work remotely via the use of electronic communication. This is an example of a(n) ______ team

virtual team

Instead of having assembly lines in which workers repeatedly perform single, specialized tasks, such as sewing zippers or attaching buttons, a clothing manufacturer forms teams of 8 to 10 workers who are responsible for producing entire garments. This is an example of a(n) ______ team.

work