Core Influences On Team Effectivenes

Question 1

External conditions in which a team works
Refers to the fact that it can directly affect each of the other factors to the team

Answer 1

Context

Question 2

Team leaders may be formally appointed to their roles, in other cases informal leaders emerge to develop and the team or group to achieve or perhaps change its goals

Answer 2

Leadership

Question 3

Desired results of the team

Answer 3

Goals

Question 4

Team size (effective size)

Answer 4

3-16 members

Question 5

These can be classified as to whether they are
Task - oriented
Self - oriented

Answer 5

Member roles

Question 6

Member role that facilitates and coordinates work-related behaviors and decision making

Answer 6

Task - oriented role

Question 7

Member role that refers to the person’s self-centered attitudes, behaviors, and decisions that are at the expense of the team or group

Answer 7

Self - oriented

Question 8

Adds complexity to understanding team behavior and processes

Answer 8

Member diversity

Question 9

Influenced by the degree of compatibility between team goals and individual member’s goal in terms of both task related goals and relations oriented goals

Answer 9

Cohesiveness

Question 10

Refers to rules and patterns of behavior that are accepted and expected by members or a team or whole organization

Answer 10

Norms

Question 11

Members are most likely to enforce norms under one or more of the following conditions

Answer 11

1. Norms aid in team survival and provide benefits
2. Norms simplify or make predictable the behaviors expected on members
3. Norms help avoid embarrassing interpersonal situations

Question 12

Conformity that exists when a person’s behavior reflects the team’s desired behavior because of a real or imagined pressure

Answer 12

Compliance conformity

Question 13

Conformity that exists when the individual’s behavior and attitudes are consistent with the team’s norms and goals

Answer 13

Personal acceptance conformity

Question 14

Potential team dysfunctions

Answer 14

Groupthink
Free riding
Bad apples effect
Absence of truth
Avoidance of accountability for results

Question 15

(Team dysfunction)
Agreement-at-any-cost mentality
Results in ineffective group or team decision making and poor decisions

Answer 15

Groupthink

Question 16

(Team dysfunction)
Involves an individual who obtains benefits from membership but does not contribute much to achieving the team’s goals

Answer 16

Free riding

Question 17

(Team dysfunction)
Negative team or group members who withhold effort, express negative feelings and attitude, and village importante norms and behaviors
Destroyers of the process

Answer 17

Bad apples effect

Question 18

(Team dysfunction)
Absence of trust among team members can severely hamper it’s effectiveness

Answer 18

Absence of truth

Question 19

(Team dysfunction)
When teams don’t commit to a clear set of goals and plan of action, may hesitate or confront their peers on counterproductive actions and behaviors

Answer 19

Avoidance or accountable for results