Understanding Work Teams

According to the textbook, what is the primary distinction between a work group and a work team?

Which of the following is NOT a reason cited for the growing popularity of teams in organizations?

What type of team typically consists of 5 to 12 hourly employees from the same department who meet to discuss quality, efficiency, and the work environment?

According to the Team Effectiveness Model, which of the following is considered a contextual factor?

A team's performance is NOT merely the summation of its individual members' abilities. This statement relates to which component of team composition?

What is the term for a team characteristic where members reflect on and adjust their master plan when necessary?

Which of the following is NOT a test mentioned in the chapter for determining whether a team is a better choice than an individual for a task?

What type of team is composed of employees from about the same hierarchical level but from different work areas?

According to research on team composition, teams perform worse when they have one or more members who are highly:

What is the term for a team's shared and organized mental representations of key elements within their environment?

The Merrill Lynch problem-solving team mentioned in the chapter successfully reduced the number of steps to open a new cash management account from:

What is the typical size of a self-managed work team?

Which of the following is NOT one of the nine potential team roles identified in Exhibit 10-4?

What does the concept of organizational demography suggest?

According to the 'Myth or Science?' box, under what condition do teams with relatively disagreeable members perform best?

What is the most recommended size for an effective team?

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for turning individuals into team players?

What is the main challenge for virtual teams compared to face-to-face teams?

The Team Effectiveness Model shows that process variables include all the following EXCEPT:

What type of conflict is described as almost always dysfunctional in a team setting?

In the OB Poll on the importance of teamwork, what percentage of employers rated teamwork as a high priority skill?

What is a key reason that conscientiousness is an important personality trait for teams?

What company is mentioned as using cross-functional teams to identify and capitalize on new trends in the software market?

To increase team efficacy, management can do which of the following?

What is the term for systems in which different teams need to coordinate their efforts to produce a desired outcome?

Studies on virtual teams found that high levels of virtuality in teams tend to:

What personality trait from the Big Five model is NOT mentioned as being particularly relevant to team effectiveness in the main review cited?

Research on culturally diverse teams suggests that the difficulties they face, such as conflict and lower cohesion, tend to:

What is the primary reason that a single soft influence tactic is more effective than a single hard tactic?

What company is cited in the text as having added a team-based annual bonus to its individual-incentive system?

In the context of team processes, successful teams translate their common purpose into what kind of goals?

What is a major downside for management of using virtual teams?

In the context of the Team Effectiveness Model, the 'Climate of Trust' is categorized under which component?

The research on collectivist vs. individualist cultures and team cohesiveness suggests that managers in individualist cultures may need to:

Shared leadership, where teams effectively delegate leadership, is mentioned as being more effective than:

What is the primary negative effect of demographic diversity on teams, according to meta-analytic reviews cited in the chapter?

What is a key requirement for virtual teams to be effective, according to the text?

The 'Ethical Choice' box on using global virtual teams suggests that a primary ethical argument for their use is:

What is the consequence of having a less intelligent leader for a high-ability team?

In the context of rewards, companies like Whole Foods are mentioned for directing most of their performance-based rewards toward:

Exhibit 10-1 indicates that the accountability in a work group is primarily:

The opening vignette about the mission to kill Osama bin Laden highlights that military commanders put the odds of a successful mission at:

Which of the following is NOT a contextual factor in the Team Effectiveness Model?

What is the primary benefit of high-ability teams, especially when the workload is distributed evenly?

Open team members are said to be more creative and innovative because they:

The case incident about multicultural teams at IBM (page 329) highlights that these teams are sent on month-long volunteer projects to:

What type of team goal orientation leads to lower levels of team performance overall due to reduced discussion and sharing?

A study in China found that moderate levels of task conflict were positively related to team creativity during which phase of team performance?

Which company from the chapter provided an annual bonus based on team goal achievement to supplement its individual-incentive system?

What does research suggest is a likely outcome for individuals who prefer to work alone but are required to be on a team?