Final Exam Flashcards
Team
Two or more people that work interdependently over some period of time to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose.
- A team is a special type of group
Types of Teams
-Work Team
-Management Team
-Parallel Team
-Project Team
-Action Team
Work Team
Goal: Produce goods or Provide Services
Lifespan: Long
Member Involvement: High
EX: Self managed work team, Production Team, Maintenance Team, Sales Team
Management Team
Goal: Integrate activities of subunits across business functions
Life Span: Long
Member Involvement: Moderate
EX: Top management team
Parallel Team
Goal: Provide recommendations and resolve issues
Life span: Varies
Member involvement: Low
EX: Quality Circle Advisor Council Committee
Project Team
Goal: Produces a one time output (project, product, service, plan)
Life span: Varies
Member involvement: varies
EX: Product design team, research group, planning team
Action Team
Goal: Perform complex tasks that vary in duration and take place in highly visible or challenging circumstances
Life Span: Varies
Member involvement: Varies
EX: Surgical Team, Musical Group, Expedition team, Sports team
Multiple Team Membership
A work arrangement in which employees are assigned to multiple teams simultaneously
Virtual Team
A team in which members are geographically dispersed and interdependent activity occurs through email, web conferencing, and instant messaging
Forming
The first stage in team development, during which members try to get a feel for what is expected of them, what behaviors are out of bounds, and who is in charge
Storming
The second stage of team development, during which conflict occurs due to members ongoing commitment to ideas they bring with them to a team
Norming
The third stage of team development, during which members realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals and consequently begin to cooperate
Performing
The fourth stage of team development, during which members are comfortable working within their roles, and the team makes progress towards goals.
Adjourning
The final stage of team development, during which member experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.
Punctuated Equilibrium
A sequence of team development during which not much gets done until the halfway point of the project, after which teams make the necessary changes to complete the project on time.
Task interdependence
The degree to which team members interact and rely on other team members for information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work in a team
Pooled Interdependence
A form of task interdependence in which group members complete their work assignments independently and then their work is simply added together to represent group output
Sequential Interdependence:
A form of task interdependence in which group members perform different tasks in a prescribed sequence, and members depend on only the member who comes before them in a sequence.
EX: Assembly Line
Reciprocal Interdependence
A form of task interdependence in which group members interact with only a limited subset of other members to complete the team’s work.
Comprehensive Interdependence:
Requires the highest level of interaction and coordination between members. A form of task interdependence in which members have a great deal of discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact in the course of the collaboration involved in accomplishing the team’s work.
EX: a group of individuals working together to solve a complex problem, such as a research team.
Goal Interdependence
- The degree to which team members have a shared goal and align their individual goals with that vision
Outcome Interdependence
The degree to which team members share equally in the feedback and rewards that result from the team achieving its goals.
Team composition
The mix of the various characteristics that describe the individuals who work on the team.
Role:
The behavior a person is generally expected to display in a given context
Leader staff teams:
A type of team that consists of members who make recommendations to the leader who is ultimately responsible for team decisions.
Team Task Roles: Initiator-Contributor
Proposes new ideas
Team Task Roles: Coordinator
Tries to coordinate activities among team members
Team Task Roles: Orienter
Determines the direction of the team’s discussion
Team Task Role: Devil’s Advocate
Offers challenges to the team’s status quo
Team Task Roles: Energizer
Motivates the team to strive to do better
Team Task Roles: Procedural-Technician
Performs routine tasks needed to keep progress moving
Team Building Roles: Encourager
Praises the contributions of other team members
Team Building Roles: Harmonizer
Mediates the differences between group members
Team Building: Compromiser
Attempts to find the halfway point to end conflict
Team building: Gatekeeper-Expediter
Encourages participation from teammates
Team Building: Standard Setter
Expresses goals for the team to achieve
Team building: Follower
Accepts the ideas of teammates
Idealistic Roles: Aggressor
Deflates teammates, expresses disapproval with hostility
Idealistic Roles: Blocker
Acts stubbornly resistant and disagrees beyond reason
Individualistic Roles: Recognition Seeker
Brags and calls attention to themselves
Individualistic Roles: Self-Confessor
Discloses personal opinions inappropriately
Individualistic Roles: Slacker
Acts cynically, or nonchalantly, or goofs off
Individualistic Roles: Dominator
Manipulates team members for personal control
Team Task roles:
Behaviors that directly facilitate the accomplishment of team tasks.
Team building roles:
Behaviors that directly facilitate the accomplishment of team tasks.
Additive Tasks:
Tasks for which the contributions from every member add up to determine team performance
EX: Tug of war (all of the groups additive pulling results in a win)
Disjunctive Tasks:
Tasks with an objectively verifiable best solution for which the members with the highest level of ability has the most influence on team effectiveness.
Individualistic Roles:
Behaviors benefit the individual at the expense of the team.
Conjunctive Tasks:
Tasks for which the team’s performance depends on the abilities of the teams weakest link.
Team Diversity:
The degree in which team members are different from one another.
Value in Diversity Problem Solving Approach:
A theory that supports team diversity because it provides a larger pool of knowledge and perspectives.
Surface-level diversity:
Diversity of observable attributes such as race, gender, ethnicity, and age.