LPO test 2 Flashcards

1
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Types of teams

A

Functional, Cross-functional, Self-managed

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2
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Functional Team

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organized around a specific business funtion

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3
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Cross-funtional team

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people from different functional areas, temporary

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4
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Self-managed team

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independent, more casual structure

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5
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Reliance

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amount of dependance on members on a team

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6
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Membership Stability

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how often people leave/join the team

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7
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Task Consistency

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how often does the task change

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8
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Proximity

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how close locationally are the members on the team

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9
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Capability

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does the team have the right mix of knowledge and skills

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10
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Similarity

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how similar are the expertises of the members

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11
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Cooperation

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possession of the right beliefs about the team

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12
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Cognition

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possession of shared understanding about roles, vision and priorities

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13
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Communication

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communicating effectively with member of the team

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14
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Coordination

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having necessary teamwork behaviours

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15
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Coaching

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the team leader is showing leadership skills

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16
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Conditions

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the team operates towards performance

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17
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Is conflict constructive?

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psychological safety, team composition, status of person disagreeing, how conflict is handled

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18
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conflict management styles

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avoiding, yielding, forcing, compromising, collaboration

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19
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Know your team

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conflict is normal, address interpersonal issues privately, surface concerns early

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20
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Know yourself

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psychological safety, frame disagreements at the problem not the person, choose team wisely

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21
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distributive negotiation

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aiming to divide amount of resources

22
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integrative negotiation

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work together to find mutually beneficial solution

23
Q

BATNA

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Best Alternative To Negotiated Agreement

24
Q

ZOPA

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Zone Of Possible Agreement

25
Q

Prepare to Negotiate

A

issues, positions, interests

26
Q

Issues

A

specific topics that need to be addressed

27
Q

Positions

A

explicit demands on each topic

28
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Interests

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reasons behind each position

29
Q

Diversity improves performance…

A

very little

30
Q

Benefits of Diversity

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Creativity/Innovation, Better decision making, Solving complex problems, Retaining valued employees

31
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Creativity/Innovation

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a wider range of perspectives
(ex. 1700 companies were studied, the ones with diverse teams had more innovation in their products

32
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Better decision making

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reducing bias
(ex. jury trials, teams with more diversity made more accurate decisions)

33
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Solving complex problems

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different expertise/experiences
(ex. venture capitalists, diverse teams were seen as more profitable)

34
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Retaining valued employees

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people can see their value in the team, reduces turnover, people feel valued

35
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Potential Challenges to Overcome

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lower levels of trust, harder to build consensus, worse team cohesion, more perceptions of conflict

36
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Lower levels of trust

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we trust people similar to ourselves

37
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Harder to build consensus

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different expertise- not bad but takes more time to find a solution

38
Q

Worse team cohesion

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no evidence of downsides, but it strengthens norms of the teams

39
Q

More perceptions of conflict

A

3 groups of interns were given the same instructions that had the same amount of conflict in them, diverse teams saw more conflict

40
Q

The relationship between diversity and performance depends on…

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Framing, task complexity, time, structure

41
Q

Framing

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Adding diversity because everyone is doing it, access to markets or for learning (for learning firms improved performance the most)

42
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Task complexity

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diverse teams excel here

43
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Time

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it takes more time for a diverse team to feel comfortable (ex. surgery teams stayed together and had a better overall success rate)

44
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Structure

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different kinds of teams

45
Q

heterogenous teams

A

lots of diversity

46
Q

cultural fault line teams

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half and half

47
Q

token team

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mostly one group and one diverse person

48
Q

homogenous team

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all the same

49
Q

Why do we reject feedback?

A

desire to be accepted as I am vs desire to learn and grow

50
Q

Challenges in global teams

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Coordination, Coaching, Cognition, Communication