Scenario - Malcolm Bagget
Malcolm Bagget has been working as a production employee for the last three years. His firm is currently undergoing a change in structure with a new management group and the production department is being restructured. Each production employee will be assigned to a small six-member production team. Malcolm is looking forward to the extensive cross training that has been promised and is looking forward to enjoying more power and discretion than he has had in the past. In addition to skill training, Malcolm is receiving management training in team building.
-Malcolm has developed strong task skills and has normally taken the role of task specialist. His task specialist behaviors will include all of the following EXCEPT
A) initiating.
B) summarizing.
C) compromising.
D) energizing.
E) All of these are included as task specialist behaviors.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Compromising is not a task specialist behavior. Task specialist behaviors include initiating, summarizing, energizing, and coordinating. Compromising is a conflict resolution behavior, which is not primarily a task specialist behavior.