Quiz 8 Flashcards
What is “teaming”?
teamwork on the fly across all boundaries
How can you make sure that teaming goes well? What is the role of leadership? What is
“situational humility”?
humble in the face of challenge
curious to what others bring
willing to take risks to learn quick
situational humility is appropriate, when we know we dont have the answers
According to the video, what are “coordination costs”?
financial or institutional difficulties in arranging group output
What are some of the problems of coordinating activities through formal institutions? That is,
what does the speaker suggest are “some of the side effects of going the institutional route”?
management
structures are required
inherently exclusionary to personnel
creating professional classes
What are the three things that interdependent leaders do differently than heroic leaders?
goa that is important and impossible to achieve alone
willingness to declare goals before a plan is made
, want people to help and invite collaboration
understand that they need other people
How do these leaders set goals differently? What are the differences between heroic goals and
goals set by interdependent leaders?
lorna daivs
Do interdependent leaders declare their goals before they have a plan? How does this differ from
what heroic leaders would do?
yes, heroes want a set stage for a clear win
What did the evolutionary biologist at Purdue University learn, through his experiment, about his
group of the individually most productive chickens?
they suppressed each other to make their way to the top
What were the three characteristics of really successful teams, discovered through the MIT study
described in the video?
high degree of sensitivity to another
roughly equal time in the spotlight sharing
had more women in them
