Exam 13: Teams and Team Building

Classic organizational structures are essentially mechanistic in their attempts to get people to act as efficiently and predictably as machines.

Social loafing is a potential team problem.

Which of the following is most likely to be an employee territory?

Self-managing teams are natural work groups that are given substantial autonomy and in return are asked to control their own behavior and produce significant results.

Which of the following is an interpersonal skill?

List the conditions most likely to motivate and empower employees.

List the various stages in the life-cycle of a team.

List the signals that indicate when it is more appropriate to devote attention to the team-building process.

Which of the following is a potential team problem?

The classical organizational process,when applied on a large scale across internal organizational boundaries,creates cross-functional teams.

Negotiation between conflicting parties is an example of a presentation skill.

Since the structure of a matrix organization is more flexible than traditional hierarchy,it can better handle the changes that occur in complex projects.

Which of the following is typically the last step in team building?

Distinguish between the classical organization theory and the matrix organization theory.

Boundary spanners often have little or no authority,and so their task is best accomplished through skills such as _____.

Which of the following is typically the first stage in the life cycle of a team?

In a firefighting team,all members respond to a crisis collaboratively.Their mutual recognition of the emergency alerts them to the need for simultaneous action and coordinated response.Each knows what the others can do and trusts them to perform capably.Which of the following ingredients of effective teams is being illustrated in this scenario?

Describe any three potential problems of a team.

Team members are likely to feel more motivated and empowered when they share a sense of potency.

Which of the following is classified as a presentation skill?