Exam 8: Self-Managed Teams and Team Leadership

Team effectiveness has three components: task performance, group potency, and individual satisfaction.

Describe the challenges of implementing effective self-managed teams.

At the end of a meeting, the leader needs to review all assignments given during the meeting.

In a meeting, it is a leader's responsibility to shut up the talkers.

Briefly discuss some of the potential benefits and drawbacks of using self-managed teams.

All of the following are SMT facilitator team-building activities EXCEPT:

____ is an understanding and commitment to group goals on the part of all team members.

A self-managed team ____ is an advocate of the self-managed team concept whose responsibility is to help the team obtain necessary resources, gain political support from top management and other stakeholders of the organization, and defend it from enemy attacks.

The team-centered decision-making model is preferred when:

Outline the three parts of conducting effective meetings.

A disadvantage of team-centered decision making is that it can end up being a poor compromise rather than an optimal solution.

What are some of the key indicators of team dysfunction?

Describe the guidelines for improving self-managed team effectiveness.

Instructions for the following question(s) For the Variables line, write the numbers 1 to 4. To the right of the four numbers, write the four variables. To the left of the four numbers, write the answers to each variable from the Leadership Decision Making model that represents the style to use based on the variable. Fill in the Leadership Style and Action Taken lines with the appropriate answers. Variables: Leadership Style: Action Taken: -Leadership: Decision Making. Your secretary's computer works OK but is getting old, and you have money in the budget to replace it. You selected the last computer before the secretary started the job. The secretary has never purchased a computer before. You haven't been keeping up with the latest innovations and are not sure of what make, model, or features to get. The secretary has been doing an excellent job.

Team innovation is the collective acquisition, combination, creation, and sharing of knowledge.

Briefly describe the seven characteristics of effective teams.

How can virtual teams work well together from far apart?

Research on teamwork has found that individuals who are part of an effective team have greater job satisfaction and are less likely to leave their jobs.

Instructions for the following question(s) For the Variables line, write the numbers 1 to 4. To the right of the four numbers, write the four variables. To the left of the four numbers, write the answers to each variable from the Leadership Decision Making model that represents the style to use based on the variable. Fill in the Leadership Style and Action Taken lines with the appropriate answers. Variables: Leadership Style: Action Taken: -Leadership: Decision Making. You are the chairperson of a committee that is charged with recommending ways to improve interdepartmental communications. There are members-all managers-from the seven departments in the organization. You are basically providing no leadership. The group works well together, as it makes decisions by consensus. You have accepted a promotion, which requires you to transfer to a new location in one week; therefore, you can no longer be on the committee. You have been asked to select your replacement as chair of the committee. You really don't know who would want the position, and you believe that any one of the members would do a good job.

Recall a meeting you attended. Did you receive an agenda prior to the meeting? How well did the leader conduct the meeting? Give ideas on how the meeting could have been improved. Did the group have any problem members? How well did the leader handle them?