Groups & Teams

Question 1

Unterscheide zwischen Teams und Gruppen
* Goal
* Synergy
* Accountability
* Skills

Answer 1

Question 2

Nach Steiner (1972), auf welchen Dimensionen können Teamaufgaben beschrieben werden?

Answer 2

• Component (Is the task meaningfully divisible?)
• Focus (is the focus on quantity or quality?)
• Interdependence (how are individual team members
  performances combined into the group potential?)

Question 3

Beschreib das Input-Process-Output Model (IPO) im Bezug auf Teamwork. Was ist Teamwork?

Answer 3

Teamwork = interaction of inputs, processes and output

Question 4

Beschreib das Input-Mediator-Output-Input (IMOI) Model

Answer 4

• Research on the forming stage that primarily investigates relationships between inputs and mediators (IM), typically in an early stage in the lifecycle of a team,
• research on the functional stage that focuses on the relationship between mediators and outputs (MO), typically with teams whose members have some experience with working together, and
• research on the finishing stage investigating how the out- puts from one performance episode affect the inputs to the subsequent one (OI).

Question 5

Beschreib das ABCDE model of team effectiveness

Answer 5

The ABCDE model conceptualizes inputs, mediating mechanisms, and structural features of the team »as overlapping coevolving facets of teams that collectively com- bine to generate effectiveness«

Question 6

ABCDE model of team effectiveness

Was ist mit compositional features gemeint?

Answer 6

This refers to the overall mix and diversity of member characteristics within the team. It considers how the combination of individual attributes affects team dynamics and performance.

Question 7

Beschreib das Categorization-Elaboration-Model (CEM) of team diversity and team effectiveness

Answer 7

Question 8

Nenn die Vorteile von group decision making

Answer 8

Question 9

Nenn die Nachteile von group decision making

Answer 9

Question 10

Beschreib die funktionale Persepektive von team communication/interaction

Answer 10

Question 11

Beschreib die social exchange theory im Bezug auf team communication/interaction

Answer 11

Question 12

Beschreib das Five-phase model of group development (Tuckman, 1965)

Answer 12

Question 13

Sind die Tuckman‘s 5 phases empirisch gestützt?

Answer 13

Nein

Question 14

Was ist das Punctuated Equilibrium Model?

Answer 14

• Teams durchlaufen längere Phasen relativer Stabilität, unterbrochen von kurzen, intensiven Perioden des Wandels und der Anpassung
• Nicht-lineare Entwicklung: Teamentwicklung verläuft ungleichmäßig und ist von plötzlichen Veränderungen geprägt
• Teams entwickeln ein verstärktes Bewusstsein für Zeitdruck, wobei die Intensität der Arbeit und das Tempo zwischen stabilen und Veränderungsphasen variieren

Question 15

Was sind Gründe für Team Meetings?

Answer 15

• Problem solving and idea generation
• Building consensus and making decisions
• Taking leadership influence
• Managing social relationships in remote work
• Shaping the organizational strategy

Question 16

Nenn positive interaction patterns in meetings

Answer 16

• Solution-oriented behavior
• Concrete action planning
• Shared procedural leadership
• Shared positive humor
• Positivity spirals

Question 17

Nenn negative interaction patterns in meetings

Answer 17

• Running off topic, criticizing others, self-promotion
• Complaining cycles
• Showing up late

Question 18

Was ist stärker?
Negative effects of bad meeting or positive effects of good meeting behavior

Answer 18

Negative effects of bad meeting behavior are stronger
than the positive effects of good meeting behavior

Question 19

Was zeichnet eine kleine Gruppe aus?

Answer 19

• each member can reasonably interact one-on-one with every other member
• each member both can influence directly, and can be influenced directly by, every other member of the group

Question 20

Auf welchen zwei Dimensionen klassifiziert McGrath (1984) Gruppenaufgaben?

Answer 20

conflict-cooperation and conceptual-behavioral

Question 21

Zwischen welchen acht Aufgabentypen unterscheidet das Framework von McGrath?

Answer 21

• Planning tasks
• creative tasks
• intellective tasks
• decision-making tasks
• cognitive conflict tasks
• mixed motives tasks
• contests
• performances.

Question 22

Was ist die Kritik am CEM?

Answer 22

The fact that some differences may be seen as valuable by team members in the light of the demands of the given task is not covered by the CEM.

Question 23

Was ist eine Faultline?

Answer 23

Ein Team in undiverse subgruppen aufzuteilen

Question 24

Beschreibe das Problem von Faultlines

Answer 24

• homogeneous subgroups result
• it is more likely that members identify more with their subgroup and that conflicts between subgroups emerge
• faultlines are related to problematic outcomes, such as reduced performance and increased conflicts