Online Quiz 7: Managing Team Performance
Which of the following is NOT one of the three most important reasons why organizations employ teams according to the text?
- Traverse cultural boundaries
- Solve cross-disciplinary problems
- Avoid employee conflicts among one another
- Drive initiatives
Which of the following increases the likelihood of a team’s success?
- A clearly defined purpose
- Authority to make decisions
- Commonality of team members
- Both A and B
- A, B and C
Which of the following is a characteristic of an effective team?
- Members hold themselves and each other accountable for mishaps
- One sole leader to make major decisions
- Avoiding personal conflicts
- Using a “majority rules” decision-making approach
An encourager, a harmonizer, and a compromiser would all be examples of:
- Dysfunctional roles
- Socio-emotional roles
- Task roles
- None of the above
During which stage of group development do group members become more opinionated about how the project should be run and their roles within the team?
- Forming
- Storming
- Norming
- Performing
Which of the following is NOT one of the strategies to increase team performance according to the text?
- Performance Development
- Knowledge Sharing
- Effective meetings
- Recognizing excellence
Open discussion and the freedom to air opinions within a comfortable environment describe which characteristic of effective teams?
- Strong relationships
- Healthy conflict
- Good communication
- Shared leadership
Members of a(n) __________ team have been grouped together to complete complex tasks, solve difficult problems, and/or innovate new ideas.
- Cross-functional
- Functional
- Problem-solving
- Self-directed
A functional team might include representatives from a company’s design, marketing, and financial departments.
- True
- False
Displaying each team members’ achievements publically via e-mail, bulletin boards, etc. increases the members’ identifiability.
- True
- False
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