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Multiple Choice Questions
60.Groups considered teams only when:
A.they operate without any : 1243939
Multiple Choice Questions
60.Groups are considered teams only when:
A.they operate without any supervisor.
B.everyone in the department has the same set of skills.
C.employees directly interact with each other and coordinate work activities.
D.all employees are located in the same physical area.
E.most of the employees have the same level of motivation to accomplish goals.
61.Informal groups:
A.are initiated by the organization for special purposes.
B.exist primarily for the benefit of their members.
C.perform routine organizational goals.
D.always have a high level of interdependence.
E.perform uncommon tasks of the organization.
62.A task force refers to any:
A.informal group that has the same members as the permanent task-oriented group.
B.formal group whose members work permanently and most of their time in that team.
C.formal group whose members must be able to perform all tasks of the team.
D.temporary team that investigates a particular problem and typically disbands when the decision is made.
E.temporary team which has experts in an area to provide advice to organizations in making special decisions from time to time.
63.Synergie Inc. formed a team to improve revenues for its service stations along major highways in Malaysia. This team, which included a service station dealer, a union truck driver and four or five marketing executives, disbanded after it had reviewed the Malaysian service stations and submitted a business plan. This team is called a(n):
A.skunkwork.
B.bootleg group.
C.informal group.
D.community of practice.
E.task force.
64.Which of the following types of teams are best known for bootlegging to develop new products, services, or procedures?
A.Skunkworks
B.Communities of practice
C.Task forces
D.Informal groups
E.Production teams
65._____ provides an explanation of why people belong to informal groups.
A.Need to defend
B.Social identity theory
C.Confirmation bias
D.Social loafing
E.Cognitive dissonance
66.According to social identity theory:
A.teams are never as productive as individuals working alone.
B.the most effective teams have a large number of members.
C.the team development process occurs more rapidly for heterogeneous teams than for homogeneous teams.
D.people define themselves by their group affiliations.
E.teams are less productive in performing complex tasks.
67.The drive to bond and the dynamics of social identity theory both explain why people:
A.join informal groups.
B.tend to ignore team norms whenever possible.
C.have difficulty feeling cohesive in teams.
D.engage in social loafing.
E.work better alone than in teams.
68.Fellow team members often monitor performance more closely than a traditional supervisor. This is particularly true where the team’s performance depends on:
A.technological factors.
B.special efforts of members.
C.certain skills of members.
D.aptitudes of members.
E.worst performer in the group.
69.In team dynamics, process losses are best described as:
A.productivity losses that occur when individual members need to learn a new task.
B.information lost due to imperfect communication among team members.
C.resources expended toward team development and maintenance.
D.knowledge lost when a team member leaves the organization.
E.knowledge lost when tacit knowledge is converted to structural knowledge.
