Team

Question 1

what is a team?

Answer 1

two or more interacting and interdependent individuals who come together to achieve specific goals (formal and informal teams)

Question 2

advantages of small team

Answer 2

• interact w each other more and easier to coordinate efforts
• more motivated, satisfied, committed
• easier to share information
• better able to see the importance of each member’s contribution

Question 3

advantages and disadvantages of large teams

Answer 3

advantages:
- more resource
- obtain division of labor advantages

disadvantages:
- problem of communication and coordination
- lower level of motivation
- social loafing (tendency of group members to do less than they are capable of individually)

Question 4

team size and effectiveness

Answer 4

5-7 members are optimal
too large:
- communication and coordination problems
- satisfaction decreases
- absenteeism and turnover increase

Question 5

3 ways to reduce social loafing

Answer 5

1. making individual contributions to a group identifiable when possible
2. emphasizing the valuable contributions of individual members
3. keeping a group size at an appropriate level

Question 6

factors to build effective teams

Answer 6

group diversity (surface and deep level)
may lead to conflicts (task and relational)
- comformity and groupthink
- the tendency of members in highly cohesive groups to lose their critical evaluation capabilities
- related to norms of conformity in groups

Question 7

relational conflict is always bad because team members:

Answer 7

• are not sharing ideas
• ignore each other’s advice
• become personal in their feedback

and decrease team cohesion

Question 8

moderate level task conflict is good because

Answer 8

• energizes debate
• disagreement
• reexamines assumption
• improves responses to the external environment

Question 9

self esteem is

Answer 9

the overall value that one places on oneself as a person

can drop when ur facing difficulties

Question 10

types of conflict

Answer 10

• functional
• dysfunctional
• task
• relationship
• process

Question 11

self compassion and well being

Answer 11

increases self esteem and decreases exhaustion bcs it promotes an unconditional acceptance of oneself after negative experiences