Question 1

Globalization is making virtual teams increasingly necessary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Team cohesiveness can be strengthened in each of the following ways EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) making the team just large enough to facilitate goal accomplishment. 
B) letting anyone become a team member. 
C) creating or sensitizing the team to an external threat to its existence or goal accomplishment. 
D) ensuring that team members have compatible values and goals. 
E) showing members that the team is necessary to fulfill individual needs. 
A) making the team just large enough to facilitate goal accomplishment. 
B) letting anyone become a team member. 
C) creating or sensitizing the team to an external threat to its existence or goal accomplishment. 
D) ensuring that team members have compatible values and goals. 
E) showing members that the team is necessary to fulfill individual needs.

Question 3

Social loafing can be minimized by doing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Adding more people to the team. 
B) Creating tasks where each member's contribution is pooled. 
C) Monitoring individual performance. 
D) Making the work less interesting to the social loafer and other team members. 
E) Selecting team members with a highly individualistic value orientation. 
A) Adding more people to the team. 
B) Creating tasks where each member's contribution is pooled. 
C) Monitoring individual performance. 
D) Making the work less interesting to the social loafer and other team members. 
E) Selecting team members with a highly individualistic value orientation.

Question 4

Members of SDWTs have jobs that are:

Accepted Answer

A) typically in services rather than production. 
B) enlarged but not enriched. 
C) enriched but not enlarged. 
D) specialized with a high division of labour. 
E) both enlarged and enriched. 
A) typically in services rather than production. 
B) enlarged but not enriched. 
C) enriched but not enlarged. 
D) specialized with a high division of labour. 
E) both enlarged and enriched.

Question 5

The team development model does NOT recognize that:

Accepted Answer

A) some teams remain in a particular stage longer than others. 
B) informal groups do not experience any development process. 
C) teams really never develop past the norming stage. 
D) the storming stage is a type of performing. 
E) the storming stage follows the forming stage. 
A) some teams remain in a particular stage longer than others. 
B) informal groups do not experience any development process. 
C) teams really never develop past the norming stage. 
D) the storming stage is a type of performing. 
E) the storming stage follows the forming stage.

Question 6

How do norms affect the behaviour of team members?

Accepted Answer

A) Norms encourage members to try new behaviours not previously sanctioned by the team. 
B) Norms represent the glue or esprit de corps that holds the team together. 
C) Norms help the team regulate and guide the behaviours of its members. 
D) Norms help the team move from the forming to storming stages of team development. 
E) Norms apply to the attitudes and beliefs,but not the behaviours of team members. 
A) Norms encourage members to try new behaviours not previously sanctioned by the team. 
B) Norms represent the glue or esprit de corps that holds the team together. 
C) Norms help the team regulate and guide the behaviours of its members. 
D) Norms help the team move from the forming to storming stages of team development. 
E) Norms apply to the attitudes and beliefs,but not the behaviours of team members.

Question 7

Electronic brainstorming is any situation in which team members communicate through email and other computer technologies to make decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

When people join teams,they usually begin with a very low level of trust in the other team members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Teams are generally more effective when the task is complex and lacks definition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In team dynamics,process losses are best described as:

Accepted Answer

A) productivity losses that occur when team members need to learn a new task. 
B) information lost due to imperfect communication. 
C) resources expended towards team development and maintenance. 
D) knowledge lost when a team member leaves the organization. 
E) None of these statements describe process losses. 
A) productivity losses that occur when team members need to learn a new task. 
B) information lost due to imperfect communication. 
C) resources expended towards team development and maintenance. 
D) knowledge lost when a team member leaves the organization. 
E) None of these statements describe process losses.

Question 11

Team cohesiveness tends to be higher:

Accepted Answer

A) in smaller teams. 
B) when entry into the team becomes extremely difficult and humiliating. 
C) when the team has distinct fault lines. 
D) when members have limited interaction. 
E) when all of these conditions occur 
A) in smaller teams. 
B) when entry into the team becomes extremely difficult and humiliating. 
C) when the team has distinct fault lines. 
D) when members have limited interaction. 
E) when all of these conditions occur

Question 12

Many potentially valuable ideas never get presented to the group because individuals think they are silly and would make them look equally silly to the team.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In terms of team size,the general rule is that teams:

Accepted Answer

A) cannot have more than seven or possibly eight members. 
B) should have just enough members with the necessary competencies to complete the work. 
C) can be large or small without any influence on the team's effectiveness. 
D) cannot have fewer than five members. 
E) should be as large as possible so as many people are involved to get buy-in. 
A) cannot have more than seven or possibly eight members. 
B) should have just enough members with the necessary competencies to complete the work. 
C) can be large or small without any influence on the team's effectiveness. 
D) cannot have fewer than five members. 
E) should be as large as possible so as many people are involved to get buy-in.

Question 14

A team's effectiveness is partly measured by how well its members' needs are fulfilled.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which common team building activity aims to improve relations among team members?

Accepted Answer

A) Group therapy. 
B) Role definition. 
C) Personal testimonials. 
D) Regression therapy. 
E) Paintball wars. 
A) Group therapy. 
B) Role definition. 
C) Personal testimonials. 
D) Regression therapy. 
E) Paintball wars.

Question 16

The increasing number of virtual teams is partly due to:

Accepted Answer

A) increased preference for employees to work alone rather than interdependently with others. 
B) increased emphasis on business ethics. 
C) increased workforce diversity. 
D) better information technology. 
E) None of these factors explains the increasing number of virtual teams. 
A) increased preference for employees to work alone rather than interdependently with others. 
B) increased emphasis on business ethics. 
C) increased workforce diversity. 
D) better information technology. 
E) None of these factors explains the increasing number of virtual teams.

Question 17

The phenomenon where people exert less effort when working in groups than when working alone is called:

Accepted Answer

A) team cohesiveness. 
B) social identity. 
C) pooled interdependence. 
D) team conformity. 
E) social loafing. 
A) team cohesiveness. 
B) social identity. 
C) pooled interdependence. 
D) team conformity. 
E) social loafing.

Question 18

Team roles are typically negotiated among team members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Generally,complex and ambiguous tasks requiring a high degree of interdependence among a few employees should be assigned to:

Accepted Answer

A) these individuals if they agree to work alone. 
B) a virtual team. 
C) several functional departments. 
D) a co-located team. 
E) None of these teams should be assigned complex and ambiguous tasks. 
A) these individuals if they agree to work alone. 
B) a virtual team. 
C) several functional departments. 
D) a co-located team. 
E) None of these teams should be assigned complex and ambiguous tasks.

Question 20

One of the rules of brainstorming is that no one is allowed to piggyback or build on the ideas of other team members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Globalization is making virtual teams increasingly necessary.

Team cohesiveness can be strengthened in each of the following ways EXCEPT:

Social loafing can be minimized by doing which of the following?

Members of SDWTs have jobs that are:

The team development model does NOT recognize that:

How do norms affect the behaviour of team members?

Electronic brainstorming is any situation in which team members communicate through email and other computer technologies to make decisions.

When people join teams,they usually begin with a very low level of trust in the other team members.

Teams are generally more effective when the task is complex and lacks definition.

In team dynamics,process losses are best described as:

Team cohesiveness tends to be higher:

Many potentially valuable ideas never get presented to the group because individuals think they are silly and would make them look equally silly to the team.

In terms of team size,the general rule is that teams:

A team's effectiveness is partly measured by how well its members' needs are fulfilled.

Which common team building activity aims to improve relations among team members?

The increasing number of virtual teams is partly due to:

The phenomenon where people exert less effort when working in groups than when working alone is called:

Team roles are typically negotiated among team members.

Generally,complex and ambiguous tasks requiring a high degree of interdependence among a few employees should be assigned to:

One of the rules of brainstorming is that no one is allowed to piggyback or build on the ideas of other team members.

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior

Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace

Leadership in Organizational Settings

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Exam 8: Team Dynamics

Globalization is making virtual teams increasingly necessary.

Team cohesiveness can be strengthened in each of the following ways EXCEPT:

Social loafing can be minimized by doing which of the following?

Members of SDWTs have jobs that are:

The team development model does NOT recognize that:

How do norms affect the behaviour of team members?

Electronic brainstorming is any situation in which team members communicate through email and other computer technologies to make decisions.

When people join teams,they usually begin with a very low level of trust in the other team members.

Teams are generally more effective when the task is complex and lacks definition.

In team dynamics,process losses are best described as:

Team cohesiveness tends to be higher:

Many potentially valuable ideas never get presented to the group because individuals think they are silly and would make them look equally silly to the team.

In terms of team size,the general rule is that teams:

A team's effectiveness is partly measured by how well its members' needs are fulfilled.

Which common team building activity aims to improve relations among team members?

The increasing number of virtual teams is partly due to:

The phenomenon where people exert less effort when working in groups than when working alone is called:

Team roles are typically negotiated among team members.

Generally,complex and ambiguous tasks requiring a high degree of interdependence among a few employees should be assigned to:

One of the rules of brainstorming is that no one is allowed to piggyback or build on the ideas of other team members.

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior

Individual Behavior, Personality, and Values

Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

Workplace Emotions, Attitudes, and Stress

Foundations of Employee Motivation

Applied Performance Practices

Decision Making and Creativity

Communicating in Teams and Organizations

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change

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