Question 1

Team effectiveness refers to how well a team accomplishes its objectives for the organization,even if this undermines the team's ability to survive for future tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A transactive memory system describes how task-relevant knowledge is distributed within a team and the collective awareness of who knows what.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of these statements about team roles is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Some team roles are formally prescribed with the job. 
B) Team members often negotiate the preferred roles in the team during the team development process. 
C) Some team roles support task completion,whereas other roles support the team's maintenance. 
D) Some team roles are informally fulfilled by various team members. 
E) A team role is almost always assigned to the same person for the life of the team. 
A) Some team roles are formally prescribed with the job. 
B) Team members often negotiate the preferred roles in the team during the team development process. 
C) Some team roles support task completion,whereas other roles support the team's maintenance. 
D) Some team roles are informally fulfilled by various team members. 
E) A team role is almost always assigned to the same person for the life of the team.

Question 4

Which of the following statements about teams and groups is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Some teams exist without any goal or purpose. 
B) A team can have dozens of members. 
C) Departments are teams when employees interact with each other. 
D) All members of a work team have influence,although some may have more influence than others. 
E) A team always requires some form of communication among its members. 
A) Some teams exist without any goal or purpose. 
B) A team can have dozens of members. 
C) Departments are teams when employees interact with each other. 
D) All members of a work team have influence,although some may have more influence than others. 
E) A team always requires some form of communication among its members.

Question 5

SDTs are best suited to situations where:

Accepted Answer

A) employees perform highly interdependent tasks. 
B) management wants to closely monitor employee performance. 
C) employees perform identical tasks. 
D) employees do not get along with each other. 
E) all of these conditions exist. 
A) employees perform highly interdependent tasks. 
B) management wants to closely monitor employee performance. 
C) employees perform identical tasks. 
D) employees do not get along with each other. 
E) all of these conditions exist.

Question 6

Some informal groups exist primarily to satisfy the drive to bond.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Research on brainwriting suggests that it produces more and better quality ideas than brainstorming.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a team structure that encourages creativity in a team setting?

Accepted Answer

A) Brainstorming 
B) Nominal group technique 
C) Brainwriting 
D) The Delphi method 
E) Electronic brainstorming 
A) Brainstorming 
B) Nominal group technique 
C) Brainwriting 
D) The Delphi method 
E) Electronic brainstorming

Question 9

Which of these statements about teams is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) All groups are teams. 
B) Teams are held together by their interdependence and need for collaboration to fulfill goals. 
C) Team members perceive themselves as a social entity within the organization. 
D) Team members influence each other,although some members are more influential than others. 
E) All teams exist to fulfill some purposE. 
A) All groups are teams. 
B) Teams are held together by their interdependence and need for collaboration to fulfill goals. 
C) Team members perceive themselves as a social entity within the organization. 
D) Team members influence each other,although some members are more influential than others. 
E) All teams exist to fulfill some purposE.

Question 10

There is support for the view that teams are more effective when their members share common mental models of the work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Due to a corporate restructuring,three of the six employees who work on your corporate investment team have been transferred to other teams and three new recruits to the organization will be assigned to your team as replacements.Although the three new hires are experienced from other organizations,they are new to your organization and your team.Consequently,your team will pass through most stages of team development again.Briefly describe any three (3)stages of team development that your team will probably experience after the new recruits join the team.Your answer should recognize that only half of your corporate investment team members are new;the others have been with the team for more than one year.

Accepted Answer

Students can describe any three of the f

Question 12

The optimal team size exists when the team is as small as possible,yet has enough people to accomplish the task.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Team roles are typically negotiated among team members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Evaluation apprehension causes employees to present ideas to the group even though the ideas are silly and a waste of the group's time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The three elements of team design include communication systems,organizational environment,and reward systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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 17

The textbook warns that team building is usually ineffective when:

Accepted Answer

A) attempting to improve the team development process. 
B) the team needs to resolve internal conflicts. 
C) the team needs to clarify its performance goals. 
D) team members need to clarify or reconstruct perceptions of their roles in the team. 
E) team building is not usually ineffective in any of these situations. 
A) attempting to improve the team development process. 
B) the team needs to resolve internal conflicts. 
C) the team needs to clarify its performance goals. 
D) team members need to clarify or reconstruct perceptions of their roles in the team. 
E) team building is not usually ineffective in any of these situations.

Question 18

Which of the following is a consequence of team overconfidence?

Accepted Answer

A) Group polarization 
B) Groupthink 
C) A false sense of invulnerability 
D) Process loss 
E) Production blocking 
A) Group polarization 
B) Groupthink 
C) A false sense of invulnerability 
D) Process loss 
E) Production blocking

Question 19

Which of the following allows employees to collectively plan,organize,and control work activities with little or no direct involvement of a higher-status supervisor?

Accepted Answer

A) Gainsharing teams 
B) Production teams 
C) Joint health and safety committees 
D) Self-directed work teams 
E) Quality circles 
A) Gainsharing teams 
B) Production teams 
C) Joint health and safety committees 
D) Self-directed work teams 
E) Quality circles

Question 20

The collective belief among team members of the team's capability to successfully complete a task refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) collective delusion. 
B) overconfidence. 
C) team efficacy. 
D) member polarization effect. 
E) none of the choices. 
A) collective delusion. 
B) overconfidence. 
C) team efficacy. 
D) member polarization effect. 
E) none of the choices.

Team effectiveness refers to how well a team accomplishes its objectives for the organization,even if this undermines the team's ability to survive for future tasks.

A transactive memory system describes how task-relevant knowledge is distributed within a team and the collective awareness of who knows what.

Which of these statements about team roles is FALSE?

Which of the following statements about teams and groups is FALSE?

SDTs are best suited to situations where:

Some informal groups exist primarily to satisfy the drive to bond.

Research on brainwriting suggests that it produces more and better quality ideas than brainstorming.

Which of the following is NOT a team structure that encourages creativity in a team setting?

Which of these statements about teams is FALSE?

There is support for the view that teams are more effective when their members share common mental models of the work.

The optimal team size exists when the team is as small as possible,yet has enough people to accomplish the task.

Team roles are typically negotiated among team members.

Evaluation apprehension causes employees to present ideas to the group even though the ideas are silly and a waste of the group's time.

The three elements of team design include communication systems,organizational environment,and reward systems.

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

The textbook warns that team building is usually ineffective when:

Which of the following is a consequence of team overconfidence?

Which of the following allows employees to collectively plan,organize,and control work activities with little or no direct involvement of a higher-status supervisor?

The collective belief among team members of the team's capability to successfully complete a task refers to:

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, 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 Organizations Revised

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace Revised

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change

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Exam 8: Team Dynamics

Team effectiveness refers to how well a team accomplishes its objectives for the organization,even if this undermines the team's ability to survive for future tasks.

A transactive memory system describes how task-relevant knowledge is distributed within a team and the collective awareness of who knows what.

Which of these statements about team roles is FALSE?

Which of the following statements about teams and groups is FALSE?

SDTs are best suited to situations where:

Some informal groups exist primarily to satisfy the drive to bond.

Research on brainwriting suggests that it produces more and better quality ideas than brainstorming.

Which of the following is NOT a team structure that encourages creativity in a team setting?

Which of these statements about teams is FALSE?

There is support for the view that teams are more effective when their members share common mental models of the work.

The optimal team size exists when the team is as small as possible,yet has enough people to accomplish the task.

Team roles are typically negotiated among team members.

Evaluation apprehension causes employees to present ideas to the group even though the ideas are silly and a waste of the group's time.

The three elements of team design include communication systems,organizational environment,and reward systems.

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

The textbook warns that team building is usually ineffective when:

Which of the following is a consequence of team overconfidence?

Which of the following allows employees to collectively plan,organize,and control work activities with little or no direct involvement of a higher-status supervisor?

The collective belief among team members of the team's capability to successfully complete a task refers to:

Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour

Individual Behaviour, 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 Organizations Revised

Power and Influence in the Workplace

Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace Revised

Leadership in Organizational Settings

Designing Organizational Structures

Organizational Culture

Organizational Change

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