Exam 6: Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation

You have assembled your project team,and as luck would have it,you added every person to your team that you wanted.Your team has a diverse set of skills,and each member has at least one skill that another doesn't have.This is why you chose each one;otherwise you couldn't hope to deliver the project.What is wrong with segmenting the team in terms of their specific duties?

If preferred project team members are not available,the project manager should notify top management of the consequences.

What are the main elements of principled negotiation?

Productive interdependencies hinge upon:

Administrative conflict arises through management hierarchy,organizational structure,or company philosophy.

Everyone on the virtual project team agreed to respond to e-mail within 24 hours of receipt,and this:

You have undoubtedly been in many student project groups,teams,or perhaps project groups at work.Write a brief description of a memorable group you have been a member of and describe your favorite phase in the group development process.What specific behaviors and incidents identify the phase in question?

The design team's location in one centralized cube farm made it convenient for them to interact with each other and overhear conversations that they had something to contribute to,proving once again the value of:

What is conflict and what three forms does it take?

One of the best methods for ensuring that a negotiation proceeds along substantive lines is to frame the discussion around objective criteria.

Team building and conflict management skills are two of the most important people skills that project managers can cultivate.

What are three practical steps that project managers can take so that teamwork can emerge?

What are the main three reasons why project teams fail?

The misconception of the reason behind another person's behavior is:

Which two steps of project team building are out of sequence?

The first step in assembling a project team is to:

Because conflict is perceptual in nature:

Disruptive acts of some project team members due to personality issues,hidden agendas,or interpersonal problems are categorized as:

The role of the team leader is to create structure and set the tone for future cooperation and positive team attitudes in the:

Principled negotiation is the art of: