Exam 10: Understanding Work Teams

To retain its edge in the organic health food market, Natura has established a high-priority team comprised of senior executives from the company's production, marketing, and research divisions. These employees work together closely to study consumer attitudes about organic health foods and come up with a closely monitored development and marketing strategy for new products. This ensures that each division is informed of the specific needs, timelines, and expected outcomes of the strategy. It also makes Natura a company that adapts to changes in market trends swiftly. The team Natura uses here is of the ________ type.

How does a climate of trust improve effectiveness of teams?

Organizational demography suggests that attributes such as age or the date of joining should help the organization in ________.

The adviser role in a team is responsible for ________.

Research has shown that the larger the team, the more effective its performance.

Problems such as lack of trust or lack of sharing information among team members in a competitive group can be swiftly changed by rewarding collective performance over individual performance.

Which of the following is true with regard to the impact of diversity on team effectiveness?

Araceli is a team member in a large corporation. She never speaks in team meetings because she has seen members talk behind each others' backs after the meetings. Members are constantly monitoring the other members' work and looking for mistakes to point out in a meeting. According to the information provided, which contextual factor is lacking in Araceli's team?

Which of the following statements is true regarding self-managed work teams?

Explain how organizations can create team players.

Which of the following is an example of a task conflict?

Work groups are characterized by ________.

According to the concept of organizational demography, if team members have dissimilar experiences, it will lead to ________.

Which of the following statements is true regarding team composition?

Discuss the effect of team size on effectiveness of teams.

Which of the following statements is true regarding a cross-functional team?

Using teams makes sense when the assignment involves independent tasks.

________ are defined as organized cognitive representations of the key elements within a team's environment that team members share.

Which of the following is desirable when a crucial project is delegated to a virtual team?

Diversity is an asset for teams where tasks ________.