Lesson 11: Team Leadership Flashcards
(T/F) Current research on groups focuses more on team variables, rather than focusing exclusively on outcomes of team performance.
True
(T/F) Leader effectiveness should be assessed, along with team effectiveness, in the team leadership model.
True
(T/F) Current focus has shifted to the study of group dynamics and development of social science theory.
False
(T/F) The Team Leadership Model provides the leader or a designated team member with a mental road map to diagnose team problems.
True
(T/F) A mistake commonly made is to call a work group a “team” but treat it as a collection of individuals.
True
(T/F) If team goals are unclear, an internal relational intervention is needed to focus on building commitment.
False
Select all the options that represent items included in the category of internal relational leadership actions.
Satisfying needs
Managing conflict and power issues
Building commitment
Collaborating
(T/F) Effective team leaders need to have a wide repertoire of skills.
True
(T/F) Flatter organizations refer to the trend of shifting decision-making powers downward in the organizational hierarchy.
True
Select all the options that are characteristics of team effectiveness.
External support
Collaborative climate
Unified commitment
Results-driven structure
(T/F) Most experts agree that team leadership is a simple process.
False
(T/F) Team leadership capacity includes shared leadership and encompasses the entire team.
True
(T/F) Team goals need to be very clear.
True
(T/F) Networking and advocating are examples of external team leadership actions.
True
Select all the options that represent types of leadership decisions.
Internal or external
Task or relational
Monitor or take action
According to Zaccaro, principled leadership influences team effectiveness through which of the following processes?
Cognitive
Motivational
Affective
Integrative
In team leadership theory, two of the leader’s primary decisions are
to monitor or take action.
McGrath describes diagnosing group deficiencies as part of
monitoring/internal
(T/F) The functional perspective on group leadership contends that the leader has a special responsibility for group effectiveness.
True
For leaders, McGrath’s critical leadership functions include which types of group?
Preventing deleterious changes
Diagnosing group deficiencies
Forecasting environmental changes
(T/F) In virtual teams, task functions are more critical than in traditional, face-to-face teams.
False
Team effectiveness is evaluated on which desired team outcomes?
Performance and development
(T/F) Teams with distributed leadership have some advantages over single leader teams.
True
(T/F) According to team leadership theory, individuals other than the formal leader can perform the critical leadership functions.
True
