1 CHAPTER7. TheNatureofTeams. S. The best size for a problem-solving team is usu

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1 CHAPTER7. TheNatureofTeams. S. The best size for a problem-solving team is usually e (a) no more than 3 or 4 (b) 5 to 7 (c) 8 to 10 (d) around 12 to 13 6. When a new team member is anxious about questions such as "will I be able to influence what takes place?" the underlying issue is one of (a) relationships (b) goals (d) control (c) processes (a) reduce the number of diferent job tasks members need to master (b) largely eliminate the need for a traditional supervisor (c) rely heavily on outside training to maintain job skaills (d) add another management layer to overhead costs 8. Which statement about self-managing teams is most accurate? (a) They albways improve performance but not satisfaction. (b) They should have limited decision-making authority (c) They operate with elected team leaders (d) They should let members plan and control their own work 9. When a team of people is able to achieve more than what its members could by working individually, this is called (b) consensus (d) synergy (a) distributed leadership (c) team viability 10. Members of a team tend to become more motivated and better able to deal with stage of team development. conflict during the (a) forming (c) performing (b) norming (d) adjourning 11. The Ringlemann effect describes (a) the tendency of groups to make risky decisions (b) social loafing (c) social facilitation (d) the satisfaction of members' social needs 12. Members of a multinational task force in a large international business should might initially slow the progress of the probably be aware that team. (a) synergy (b) groupthink (c) the diversity-consensus dilemma (d) intergroup dynamics 13. When a team member engages in social loafing one of the recommended strategies for dealing with this situation is to (a) forget about it (b) ask another member to force this person to work harder (c) give the person extra rewards and hope he or she will feel guilty (d) better define member roles to improve individual accountability

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5.

B.

It is the moderate size of 5-7 members (odd number preferred) to form a problem solving team.

6.

D

Influencing the process that is already taking place is related to the control.

7.

B.

Individuals of self-managed team are motivated enough and responsible to execute the roles effectively and don’t require supervisor as it is the case in traditional structure.

8.

D.

It brings delegation of authority and responsibility to manage the work required to complete the project.

9.

D.

It is synergy effect that a team achieves more than the sum of its parts.

10.

C.

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