Leading Teams

Question 1

Classifications of groups

Answer 1

Friendship
Informal

Question 2

Type of group that evolves informally to meet its members’ personal security, esteem, and belonging

Answer 2

Friendship group

Question 3

Type of group that develops out of the day-to-day activities, Interactional and sentiments that the members have for each others
Satisfy members’ security and social needs

Answer 3

Informal group

Question 4

A small number of employees with complementary competencies who are committed to common performance goals and working relationships for which they hold themselves mutually accountable

Answer 4

Team

Question 5

Core characteristics of an effective team

Answer 5

Know why it exist, have shared goals
Support for making decisions
Communicate openly
Receive help and hove help
Deal with conflict openly and constructively
Experience a sense of freedom

Question 6

This will help the group to achieve their goals

Answer 6

Team empowerment

Question 7

Stages of team development

Answer 7

Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning

Question 8

(Stage of team development)
Involves getting acquainting and understanding leadership and other member roles

Answer 8

Forming

Question 9

(Stage of team development)
Conflicts over work, relative priorities of goals, who is to be responsible for what, and directions of the team leaders

Answer 9

Storming stage

Question 10

(Stage of team development)
Member behaviors evolve into a sharing of information, accepting of different options and attempting to make decisions that may requiere compromise

They set informal rules

Answer 10

Norming stage

Question 11

(Stage of team development)
Members usually have come to trust and accept each other and are willing to risk presenting wild ideas

The team accepts the reality of differences and disagreements and works on them cooperatively

Answer 11

Performing stage

Question 12

(Stage of team development)
Termination or task-related behaviors and disagreement from interpersonal behaviors

Answer 12

Adjourning stage

Question 13

Types of work-related teams (6)

Answer 13

Functional
Problem-solving
Cross-functional
Self-managed
Virtual
Global

Question 14

(Type of work-related teams)
Employees who work together daily on similar tasks and must coordinate their efforts
Exists within functional departments

Answer 14

Functional team

Question 15

(Type of work-related teams)
Focus on a specific issue and develops a potential solution (act within defined limits)

Answer 15

Problem - solving

Question 16

(Type of work-related teams)
Members from various work areas
Operate on extended basis or are disbanded once the problem is solved
Members from outside the organization

Answer 16

Cross - functional

Question 17

(Type of work-related teams)
Highly interdependent members who work together effectively daily to manufacture an entire product or service

Answer 17

Self - managed

Question 18

(Type of work-related teams)
Members who collaborate through various information technologies on one or more tasks while geographically dispersed at 2 or more location
Minimal face-to-face interaction

Answer 18

Virtual team

Question 19

(Type of work-related teams)
Has members from a variety of countries who are separated significantly by time, distance, culture, and language

Answer 19

Global team