Chapter 7: Teams

Question 1

Name multiple types of teams.

Answer 1

1. Work Teams
2. Top management teams
3. cross-functional teams
4. project teams
5. venture teams
6. quality circles
7. self-managed teams
8. virtual teams

Question 2

What stages does Tuckman’s theory of group development include?

Answer 2

1. Forming - testing out boundaries and interdependence
2. Storming - phase of conflict and personal limits
3. Norming - conflicts resolved, group cohesion, planning initiates
4. Performing - roles are socially establishes
5. Adjourning - gradual detachment of members from group