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Effective Team Management
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What is the primary difference between groups and teams?
Groups accomplish certain goals or meet certain needs while teams work intensely together to achieve a specific common goal or objective.
The performance gains that can be achieved when individuals and/or departments coordinate their actions refers to _______.
synergy
A cross-functional team can increase responsiveness to customers because it includes _______.
members from different departments or levels
Innovation refers to _______.
the creative development of new products, technologies, services and structures
Which of the following are benefits individuals receive from working in teams? (Check all that apply.)
Satisfy the need for social interaction
Higher job satisfaction
Reduced stress levels through the sharing of stressors
Two or more people who interact with each other to accomplish certain goals or meet certain needs form a(n) _______.
group
When people working together can achieve more than they would working individually, they have achieved _______.
synergy
The two types of groups formed in organizations are _______.
formal and informal
What effect does bringing together the skills and knowledge of members from different parts of the organization have on a firm's responsiveness to customers?
It helps improve a firm's responsiveness.
A _______ team is composed of the CEO, the president, and the heads of the most important departments.
top-management
When organizations creatively develop new products, technologies, services, or even organizational structures, they are demonstrating _______.
innovation
Managers select R&D team members on the basis of their _______. (Check all that apply.)
experience in a certain area
expertise in a certain area
Compared to employees working on their own, members of teams are likely to be _______ satisfied.
more
Command groups refer to _______.
subordinates that report to the same supervisor
Which of the following are goals that managers seek by forming various types of groups and teams? (Check all that apply.)
Employee motivation
Innovation
Responsiveness to customers
High performance
A committee made up of managers or non-managerial personnel from various departments or divisions who meet to solve a specific, mutual problem is called a _______.
task force
Top management teams are composed of _______.
the Chief Executive Officer, the president and the leaders of the most important departments
A team whose members have the experience and expertise needed to develop new products is a(n) _______ team.
research and development
Teams in which members are empowered and have the responsibility and autonomy to complete identifiable pieces of work are ___ work teams.
self-managed
A team whose members rarely meet in person and who communicate mostly electronically is called a(n) _______ team.
virtual
Command groups are often called ___. (Check all that apply.)
departments
units
Organizational members who have lunch together and meet after work for sports or other activities are members of which type of informal group?
Friendship
A task force is created by managers to _______. (Check all that apply.)
accomplish a specific goal
solve problems
Which of the following is an informal group composed of employees seeking to achieve a common goal?
Interest group
Collectively, the characteristics of any given group that determine, in part, how the group functions are referred to as group _______.
dynamics
Self-managed work teams are teams in which members _______. (Check all that apply.)
have the responsibility
and autonomy to complete identifiable pieces of work
are empowered
Splitting the work to be performed into particular tasks and assigning tasks to individual workers is called _______.
division of labor
Ethan has recently joined a team that rarely meets face-to-face, but rather interacts by the use of videoconferencing. Ethan is on a(n) _______ team.
virtual
Friendship groups exist _______.
so members can socialize with others and enjoy each other' s company
Leaders who emerge naturally in a group are _______ leaders.
informal
Interest groups exist _______.
to achieve a common goal related to the organization
Which of the following represents the correct order of the stages of team development?
Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
How groups function and their ultimate effectiveness depends on _______, the collective characteristics and processes of the group.
group dynamics
Group norms refer to _______.
shared rules for behavior that most group members follow
Jimmy is the manager of the local deli. He is dividing the work tasks among his employees: who will take orders, who will prepare the toppings, who will make the sandwiches, etc. Jimmy is engaged in _______.
the division of labor
Group cohesiveness refers to _______.
the degree to which members are attracted to or loyal to their group
Leaders who are typically appointed by managers are _______ leaders.
formal
Forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning are the five stages in group _______.
development
Members value their membership when group _______ is high.
cohesiveness
Rules for behavior that most group members follow are called group _______.
norms
The extent of group members' participation within the group increases as the level of group _______ increases.
cohesiveness
The degree to which members are attracted to or loyal to their group is group _______.
cohesiveness
What occurs when group cohesiveness is high? (Check all that apply.)
Individuals find the group appealing.
Individuals have a strong
desire to remain a part of the group.
Individuals value their membership.
Too much deviance undermines the ability of a group to control members and get things done and is usually a result of _______.
low levels of cohesiveness
Franco's team has been doing very well lately. Several individuals within the team have been participating more and contributing more to its progress. This is likely a result of an increase in _______.
group cohesiveness
Many companies that use self-managed work teams base team members' pay in part on _______.
team performance
Social loafing occurs when _______.
individuals put in less effort in groups than when they work alone
As cohesiveness in a group increases, as a result, conformity to the group norms _______.
increases
To motivate group members to perform at a high level, managers utilize a mix of incentives, including _______. (Check all that apply.)
individual level
group level
The tendency of individuals to put forth less effort when they work with groups than when they work alone is known as social _______.
loafing
In addition to monetary rewards, managers can also motivate high-performance teams with which of the following? (Check all that apply.)
Recognition such as awards
Extra resources such as equipment and software
Choice of future
assignments
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