Exam 15: Effective Groups and Teams

The members of a particular group are getting to know one another and attempting to reach an understanding of how each of them should act within the group. This stage of group development is called _____.

To take advantage of the potential for synergy in groups, managers need to make sure that groups are composed of members who have complementary skills.

At the weekly managers meetings, Jamie, the advertising manager, is expected to update the members on the company's future advertising efforts and strategies. In this case, Jamie is expected to conform to his _____.

A group of workers form a group so that the members can interact with each other socially both on and off the job. This is an example of a(n) _____.

Which of the following statements is true about groups that are smaller in size?

The final stage in group development is adjourning, which applies only to groups that eventually are disbanded.

Which of the following factors increase(s) group cohesiveness?

When Ken, the manager of Transporters Inc., put together a new marketing team, he assigned clear roles and responsibilities to all the members of the team and appointed Kyle to lead the team. Kyle is a(n):

Formal groups are formed when members feel that creating such a group will help them achieve their own goals or meet their own needs.

The appropriate size of a high-performing group is affected by the kind of tasks the group is to perform.

Team members within a group are generally more fixated on coming to a common, agreeable solution over accurately assessing the problems that the group is facing. This type of faulty group decision making is called _____.

The tendency of individuals to put in extra effort when they work in groups than when they work alone is called social loafing.

Asynchronous technologies allow virtual team members to interact with one another in real time simultaneously.

Members of research and development teams are required to come up with better or innovative products for their organization. In order to do so, the members in a team need to constantly interact and share information with each other and need to be highly coordinated in order to be most effective. From these observations, it can be concluded that _____ exists within a research and development team.

Briefly explain the three types of task interdependence. Provide an example for each.

What are self-managed teams? Detail the roles of a manager in ensuring that self-managed teams are effective.

The CEO of ABC Company forms a top-management team to develop the strategic marketing plan for the organization and selects members who possess different expertise, skills, knowledge, and experience. The team, in this case, has been created with emphasis mainly on _____.

Leaders that emerge naturally from a group are called informal leaders.

With an example, discuss the advantages of cross-functional teams in improving responsiveness to customers for an organization.

When top managers design an organization's structure and establish a chain of command, they are essentially creating ad hoc committees.