Exam 8: Team Leadership and Self-Managed Teams

Team quality pertains to:

Leadership: Decision Making.As the supervisor,you have to make a decision on disciplinary action.An employee has broken a rule again,after being told not to do so.The employee did not have a good reason for breaking the rule the first time,but you took no action then. 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:

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

Social loafing and groupthink are not likely to occur in self-managed teams.

In our team,we have a suggestion box and team members can receive up to $500 in a gift certificate for good ideas.Does this arrangement favor or lessen creativity?  

Which of the following is an advantage to team-centered decision-making?

Teams composed of less than 12 members are generally less effective than larger teams.

Team norms are standards of behavior dictated by the organization.

Cross-functional teams may also include representatives from outside organizations,such as suppliers,clients,and joint-venture partners.

In your group,David seems to enjoy challenging members' viewpoints on every issue so much so that other team members?are getting really frustrated with him. Which of the following group member problem types does David represent?

The team leader must model the behavior that he or she desires from the team.

The self-managed team ____ is the external leader of a self-managed team,whose job is to create optimal working conditions so team members take on responsibilities to work productively and solve complex problems on their own.

Explain the differences between conventional and self-managed teams.

Effective teamwork offers a work environment where employees are satisfied with their jobs and less likely to quit.

Team norms develop in the early stages of a team's formation.

All of the following occur with groupthink EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements correctly describes a team as opposed to a group?

How can virtual teams work well together from far apart?

Self-managed team members' skills are typically highly specialized.

Teams are often credited with making better decisions than individuals,yet they are also criticized for groupthink.What are some strategies for creating effective teams that are not victims of the groupthink phenomenon?