Question 1

In a ________ project team the members are geographically situated so that they may seldom meet face-to-face as a team.

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Question 2

Symbolic actions at the project level can contribute to a unique team subculture are called ________.

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Question 3

Experienced project managers stress the importance of ________ rather than appointing team members.

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Question 4

Synergy can be both negative as well as positive.

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The essence of positive synergy can be found in the phrase "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Conversely, negative synergy occurs when the whole is less than the sum of the parts.

Question 5

In the ________ approach to managing conflict, the manager imposes a solution to the conflict after listening to each party.

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Question 6

When the manager intervenes and tries to negotiate a resolution by using reasoning and persuasion, suggesting alternatives and the like the Project Manager is trying to ___________.

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Question 7

The use of 6:30
A.M.The meetings continued for about two weeks until the project got back on schedule.At that time the project manager announced that the next meeting was canceled, and no further sunrise meetings were ever scheduled.
A.M.meetings to get a project back on schedule is an example of ______ reinforcement to motivate project performance.
The project manager does not have direct authority over many key people, especially the contractors from the other companies.They do, however, have the freedom to convene meetings at his convenience.So the project manager will institute daily "coordination meetings," which were required of all the principals involved, at 6:30

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Question 8

___________ refers to whether a team has direct influence over the problem that needs to be resolved.

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Question 9

The ________ suggests that about midway through a project the team transitions into a different behavior pattern more focused on the successful completion of the project.

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Question 10

When a project team gets things done without having to go through normal protocols of the parent organization, it may fall into the ____________.

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Question 11

_______ are often considered anathema to productivity, yet they are critical to the success of any project.

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Question 12

Project managers should manage ___________ conflict.

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Question 13

Project managers should encourage ___________ conflict.

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Question 14

The development of _________________ is a common device for making a team more tangible.

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Question 15

Project managers are responsible for managing the ________ that encourage team performance and extra effort.

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Question 16

________ should be used when strong commitment to a decision is needed and there is a low probability of acceptance if the decision were to be made by one person.

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Question 17

Expressing the design concept of a new car as a "pocket rocket" (a sports car in the mid-price range) is an example of a simplified ________.

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Question 18

In the Snapshot from Practice involving the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, the key turning point was the handling of an advertisement, eventually known as the ________ that had been sent to the newspaper over a fax machine.

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Question 19

Too often when constrained by time, project managers try to accomplish too much during the first meeting, rather than use the ________ principle and not create information overload.

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Question 20

In order to match technology to the communication need, 3M developed guidelines to be used on __________ projects.

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Quiz 11: Managing Project Teams