Question 1

According to Zaccaro,principled leadership influences team effectiveness through these processes: ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  supporting, controlling, delegating, and directing 
B)  cognitive, motivational, affective, and coordinational 
C)  forming, storming, norming, and performing 
D)  technical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and empathetical

Question 2

What scholar(s)provided grounded research support for the group effectiveness approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hackman and Walton 
B)  McGrath 
C)  Larson and LaFasto 
D)  Hill

Question 3

Name a theory or approach studied in our textbook that you feel most closely aligns with the team leadership approach.Give a one-sentence justification of your response.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Name a theory or approach studied in...

Question 4

External environmental actions include ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  coaching 
B)  structuring for results 
C)  modeling principles 
D)  advocating

Question 5

The team leadership model provides the leader or a designated team member with a mental road map to diagnose team problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Organizational teams have been the focus of many studies in order to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  determine the skill level of the team members 
B)  find ways to help less capable members still succeed 
C)  support organizational distribution of workload 
D)  find strategies for maintaining a competitive advantage

Question 7

Much of the effectiveness of the team leadership model depends on accurate diagnoses of team problems.What skills does this require? What can a leader do to improve skill in this area?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Much of the effectiveness of the team...

Question 8

Examples of organizational teams can include all of the following except ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  task force 
B)  work unit 
C)  quality team 
D)  project manager

Question 9

I am using controlling,coordinating,mediating and synthesizing as I focus on issues to help the team complete goals.Which type of leadership decision making am I using?

Accepted Answer

A)  internal relationship actions 
B)  external relationship actions 
C)  internal task actions 
D)  environmental assessment actions

Question 10

What are the three decisions a leader must make as he or she strives for team effectiveness?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

For leaders,McGrath's critical leadership functions do not include which type of group leadership function?

Accepted Answer

A)  diagnosing group deficiencies 
B)  preventing deleterious changes 
C)  negating remedial action 
D)  forecasting environmental changes

Question 12

Team effectiveness is evaluated on these desired team outcomes: ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  performance and development 
B)  norming and forming 
C)  technical and empathetical 
D)  controlling and delegating

Question 13

I enjoy working with this team because we all trust each other and respect what each person brings to the team.Which characteristic of team excellence am I displaying?

Accepted Answer

A)  collaborative climate 
B)  clear norms of conduct 
C)  coaching atmosphere 
D)  unified commitment

Question 14

My team gets along well with one another and has worked together for a long time and consistently exceeded its goals despite recent changes in our company.Recently,the organization has made some reporting structure changes and has had to reduce the workforce due to budgetary constraints on the company.Applying McGrath's critical leadership functions,I need to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  do internal monitoring 
B)  take internal executive action 
C)  do external monitoring 
D)  take external executive action

Question 15

What scholar(s)studied real-life successful teams and found eight characteristics that were consistently associated with team excellence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hackman and Walton 
B)  Hill 
C)  Larson and LaFasto 
D)  McGrath

Question 16

Hill's model for team leadership outlines a total of seven leadership actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A benefit of shared leadership compared with a non-shared leadership process is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  more cohesion 
B)  more challenges 
C)  more conflict 
D)  more disruption

Question 18

One of my team members constantly has his ideas minimized by other group members.He appears disheartened and has withdrawn from the team brainstorming processes.I should employ which internal relational leadership action with this team?

Accepted Answer

A)  goal focusing 
B)  satisfying individual member needs 
C)  modeling ethical practices 
D)  buffering team members from environmental distractions

Question 19

Hill's model suggests that the leader must match appropriate behaviors with a team member's problem.This is similar to the basic concepts in which theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  leader-member exchange 
B)  situational approach 
C)  authentic leadership 
D)  servant leadership

Question 20

Which of Larson and LaFasto's characteristics of team excellence is associated with Hackman's "clear norms of conduct"?

Accepted Answer

A)  compelling purpose 
B)  unified commitment 
C)  standards of excellence 
D)  competent team members

Exam 14: Team Leadership