Deck 9: Teaming and Leadership

Question 1

High-performance teams operate at optimal levels personally but only at an acceptable level in terms of team relationships.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The norming stage of team development is characterized by comparing your team's performance to those of other teams.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Social loafing occurs in team work when one member lets his/her teammates assign him/her more work because he/she is more productive.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Communication breakdowns are typical in productive teams even at the performing stage.

Question 5

One major difference between traditional teams and project teams is the time frame.

Question 6

Leadership in project teams is essential at the set up stages but not as necessary as the projects ends.

Question 7

Cross-functional teams bring a diversity of perspectives to projects.

Question 8

High-performance teams are competitive and efficient.

Question 9

Teams with clear goals are more likely to succeed than those with unclear understanding of their outcomes.

Question 10

Project-team leadership skills are the same as found in traditional teams.

Question 11

Characteristics of the norming stage of team development as described in your text include all but which of the following?

A) Reduction of conflict
B) Distribution of rewards based on team member loyalty
C) Emergence of team identity
D) Promotion of group unity by the leader
E) Team members acceptable of each other

Question 12

Which of the following teams is/are not discussed by the authors in the text?

A) High-performance inclusive team
B) Cross-functional teams
C) Project teams
D) Traditional Teams
E) All of these are discussed.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a barrier to effective teamwork?

A) Groupthink
B) Bad interpersonal relationships
C) Integration of individual actions
D) Social loafing
E) Lack of communication

Question 14

Group members contribute to team effectiveness by being

A) Encouraging
B) Clarifying
C) Aggressive
D) A and C
E) A and B

Question 15

Manning and Curtis, as quoted in the text, regard which of the following as desirable leadership practices in teamwork?

A) Making decisions based only on the bottom line
B) Not admitting mistakes so as not show weaknesses
C) Being persistent
D) Not letting people know about setbacks so they don't get discouraged
E) Putting the leader's needs first so he/she then can focus on others

Question 16

Which is not an advantage of project teams?

A) On-going tasks to bond the members together
B) Having people from different functional areas
C) Having clear goals in having a specific task or tasks to complete
D) They draw upon employees' strengths
E) They have no social loafers on them

Question 17

According to Kloppenborg, leading project teams involves which of the following leadership tasks?

A) Strong communication skills
B) Setting priorities
C) Encouraging independent action
D) A and B
E) A and C

Question 18

Which is not a characteristic of high-performing inclusive teams as described in the text?

A) Meaningful mission
B) Desire for individual and collective growth
C) Cultivation of different viewpoints
D) Understanding different cultural norms and their impact on team dynamics
E) Strong control from the manager

Question 19

High-performing teams, according to Manning and Curtis, are not characterized by

A) Clear goals
B) Non-directed leadership
C) External recognition
D) Shared commitment
E) None of these answer the question

Question 20

Project teams, as described in your text,

A) Are created to complete a specific task
B) Do not go through identifiable stages as do other types of teams
C) Are disbanded when the task is completed
D) A and C only
E) A and B only

Question 21

Identify two barriers to the success of project teams as discussed in your text.

Question 22

List and discuss the stages a team goes through when accomplishing goals.

Question 23

What characterized a pseudo-team according to your text?

Question 24

Describe a team you are or were involved in and its greatest challenge in accomplishing its goal.

Question 25

Explain how social loafing hinders effective teamwork.

Question 26

Name three roles that high-performance group members play.

Question 27

Define team as the authors do.

Question 28

Describe how leadership skills can be used to move project teams forward to accomplishing goals.

Question 29

Why are cross-functional teams often used in solving problems?