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- 1Which of the following is the best way to manage virtual teams?Focus on what is accomplished, not hours or locations
- 2In managing virtual workers, a manager shouldmeet regularly, face to face.
- 3Which of the following is not a benefit of teamwork in an organization?Decreased stress
- 4Two or more freely interacting individuals who share collective norms, share collective goals, and have a common identity are called agroup.
- 5A _______ is defined as a small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves accountable.team
- 6A group that is created to do something productive for the organization and is headed by a leader is called aformal group
- 7Jane organized several teachers to discuss the school's interior painting scheduled for summer. They looked at several brands, and heard a presentation by a designer who then helped them choose a color palette to recommend to school administrators. In this instance, the teachers make up aformal group.
- 8Which of the following is true of informal groups?Informal groups can advance the plans of formal groups.
- 9In all but the worst weather, Laura and four of her coworkers met each day at 12:15 to walk the wilderness trail behind their office building. This is an example of a(n)Informal group
- 10A data processing group is an example of aproduction team.
- 11A team composed of people from different departments who are pursuing a common objective is called across-functional team.
- 12Luis, Kennedy, and Jennifer met once a week for several months in the fall to redesign department work spaces, to be implemented when the organization moved to a new building in January. This is an example of aproblem-solving team.
- 13A team that consists of members who interact by computer network to collaborate on projects is called avirtual team.
- 14At Bremond Stafford Architects, a group of designers are developing the first drawings for a proposed multiuse development section of a large city that is being revitalized. What type of work team is this group?Project team
- 15A work team that works to accomplish tasks that require people with specialized training and a high degree of coordination is called a(naction team
- 16Which of the following is most likely to be considered an action team?An airline cockpit crew
- 17Which of the following is a characteristic of a continuous improvement team?A type of advice team
- 18Who are typical members of continuous improvement teams?Workers and supervisors
- 19Self-managed teams are groups of workers who have been given ______ for their task domainsadministrative oversight
- 20Administrative oversight given to self-managed teams does not includeimplementing change
- 21When using a self-managed team, a manager shouldallow members to hire their own coworkers.
- 22Which of the following is an important aspect when creating a self-managed team?Use some form of team compensation.
- 23Which of the following is not one of the stages of group and team development?Reforming
- 24The question the group is asking during the forming stage of group development is"Why are we here?"
- 25During the forming stage, the leader shouldallow people to socialize
- 26The ______ stage of team development is characterized by the emergence of individual personalities and roles and conflicts within the group.storming
- 27The group development stage in which individuals test the leader's policies and assumptions as they try to determine how they fit into the power structure is the ______ stage.storming
- 28Jinhai's team was not making much progress on defining a new production process. Maria was being very uncooperative; she did not agree with the direction Jinhai was taking, so she hadn't helped with her part. This team is in what stage of group development?Storming
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