Managing Teams
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According to Katzenbach and Smith in their Harvard Business Review article 'The Discipline of Teams,' how is a team defined?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is listed as one of the five elements that make teams function, according to Katzenbach and Smith?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary characteristic of the 'Forming' stage in Tuckman's model of team development?
View answer and explanationIn what year did Bruce Tuckman add the fifth stage, 'Adjourning,' to his model of group development?
View answer and explanationWhich stage of team development is known as the 'win-lose' stage where members clash for control?
View answer and explanationAccording to Linda A. Hill's article 'Managing Your Team,' what is the primary paradox a team manager must handle?
View answer and explanationWhat does Patrick Lencioni identify as the first and most fundamental dysfunction of a team in his book 'The Five Dysfunctions of a Team'?
View answer and explanationWhat is the 'mining' technique used for in team conflict management, as described by Lencioni?
View answer and explanationA 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that firms in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were what percentage more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean?
View answer and explanationAccording to research presented in the 'Why Diverse Teams are Smarter' article, what is a key reason diverse teams are better at decision-making?
View answer and explanationA study by Boston Consulting Group found that for gender diversity to have a significant positive effect on innovation, the workforce needed to include more than what percentage of women in management positions?
View answer and explanationIn the context of multicultural teams, what is the key challenge associated with 'direct versus indirect communication'?
View answer and explanationWhat is the 'structural intervention' technique for managing conflict in a multicultural team?
View answer and explanationWhich source of cultural intelligence, as described in the 'Cultural Intelligence' article, relates to the physical component such as demeanor, eye contact, and posture?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference between a 'team' and a 'working group' as described in Section 15.1?
View answer and explanationIn the context of the team development model, what might cause a team to regress from the 'Performing' stage back to an earlier stage like 'Storming'?
View answer and explanationAccording to the 'Assembling the Startup Team' article, what are the 'three Rs' that are key elements to manage effectively in a startup?
View answer and explanationWhat is described as an active and constructive response to team conflict according to the model presented in 'Managing Conflict Dynamics'?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is a potential negative outcome or challenge of conflict if it is handled poorly?
View answer and explanationIn the study by Gratton and Erickson on collaborative teams, how many success factors were identified for teams working on complex project initiatives?
View answer and explanationWhat does the 'heart' component of cultural intelligence represent?
View answer and explanationAccording to the 'Team Performance Curve' illustrated in the chapter, which type of team is positioned below 'Working Groups' in terms of performance impact?
View answer and explanationWhich of Linda A. Hill's paradoxes of team management involves balancing managerial authority with team member discretion and autonomy?
View answer and explanationWhat is one of the key practices for making a team effective, according to Katzenbach and Smith?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary cause of the 'absence of trust' in Lencioni's model of team dysfunction?
View answer and explanationA global analysis by Credit Suisse found that organizations with at least one female board member yielded what outcome compared to those without any women on the board?
View answer and explanationWhat is the 'exit' intervention for managing multicultural team conflict, and when is it used?
View answer and explanationDuring the 'Norming' stage of team development, what is a key behavior the team exhibits?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary reason that venture capitalists in one study attributed 65 percent of their portfolio company failures to?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is considered a passive and destructive response to conflict?
View answer and explanationWhy does the presence of diversity in a team encourage greater scrutiny of each member's actions, according to the text?
View answer and explanationWhich intervention for multicultural team conflict is described as working with or around differences and is best used when team members are willing to acknowledge cultural differences and learn?
View answer and explanationWhat is defined as a competency and a skill that enables individuals to function effectively in cross-cultural environments?
View answer and explanationOne of the paradoxes of managing a team is the need to foster support among team members while also encouraging what?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, what is a potential consequence of a team's fear of conflict?
View answer and explanationIn the context of multicultural teams, which challenge arises from some cultures being very respectful of hierarchy while others are more egalitarian?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT one of the eight success factors for strong collaboration in complex teams identified by Gratton and Erickson?
View answer and explanationWhy is it important for a team manager to manage the team's boundaries?
View answer and explanationWhat is groupthink, and how does team diversity help prevent it?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT one of the four stages in Tuckman's original model of team development?
View answer and explanationWhat is a key practice for making teams successful related to goals and standards?
View answer and explanationWhat is a potential hazard of a startup founder hiring close friends or relatives for the team, according to Noam Wasserman's research?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary characteristic of the team's attitude during the Storming stage?
View answer and explanationAccording to research in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology cited in the chapter, diverse teams raised more facts and made fewer factual errors than what other type of team?
View answer and explanationWhich of the four multicultural team challenges relates to some cultures using analysis and preparation before deciding, while others decide more quickly?
View answer and explanationThe text describes three sources of cultural intelligence as head, body, and heart. Which source represents the cognitive component, such as learning about beliefs and customs?
View answer and explanationWhat is mutual accountability, one of the five elements of a functional team?
View answer and explanationAccording to Patrick Lencioni's model, what team dysfunction directly follows a 'fear of conflict'?
View answer and explanationWhat does it mean to 'set and seize upon a few immediate performance-oriented tasks and goals' as a practice for effective teams?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following best practices for multicultural teams involves expanding one's own cultural channels through travel, movies, or books?
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