Exam 7: Teams in Organizations

Teams that __________ may exist at all levels of responsibility,from the individual work unit composed of a team leader and team members to the top management team composed of a CEO and other senior executives.

The final stage in the team development process is known as the __________ stage.

The __________ occurs when members of functional units stay focused on matters internal to the function and minimize their interactions with members of other functions.

During the __________ stage of team development,coalitions or cliques may form as individuals compete to impose their preferences on the group and to achieve a desired status position.

Discuss the diversity-consensus dilemma. Suggested

Members of teams that __________ must have good long-term working relationships with one another,solid operating systems,and the external support needed to achieve effectiveness over a sustained period of time.

The study of social loafing by Price,Harrison,and Gavin designed natural teams consisting of __________.

Cross-functional teams bring together persons from different organizations and industries to work on a common task.

Members of homogeneous teams experience difficulty in building social relations and engaging in the interactions needed for teamwork.

Heterogeneity may limit the team in terms of ideas,viewpoints,and creativity.

The __________ is the tendency for increasing diversity among team members to make it harder for them to work together,even though the diversity itself offers improved potential for problem solving.

__________ are established to study specific problems and recommend solutions to them.

Formal work units,but not temporary task forces or virtual teams,pass through a series of life cycle stages.

In a sense,functional department or work units can create artificial boundaries that discourage rather than encourage more integrative thinking and active coordination with other parts of an organization.This organizational problem is called __________.

What is a team? What are the three types of teams in organizations? Suggested

Temporary work groups often appear on organizational charts as departments,divisions,and teams.

The __________ is another name for the functional silos problem.

The member satisfaction criterion of group effectiveness means that members are sufficiently satisfied to continue working well together on an ongoing basis and/or to look forward to working together again in the future.

The FIRO-B theory suggests that teams whose members have __________ needs are likely to be more effective than teams whose members are more __________.

The head of a formal group serves a linchpin role that ties the group horizontally and vertically with the rest of the organization.