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Question 61

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_____ can be beneficial to teams if it stimulates conversations that result in the development and expression of new ideas.

A) Task conflict
B) Relationship conflict
C) Noise
D) Groupthink
E) Social loafing

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Question 62

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When teams engage in _____, their activities are focused on generating novel and useful ideas and solutions.

A) decision making
B) creative behavior
C) boundary spanning
D) interpersonal process
E) groupthink

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The highest level of information richness is achieved when messages are transmitted through _____.

A special surveillance and rescue team is being deployed to counter the menace of pirates in the Indian Ocean. Nick, Sid, Leah, and Kevin are the core members of the team. Nick was elected as the leader of the team. Sid is responsible for monitoring the team's progress toward its goals. Kevin took on the role of motivator and confidence builder for the team. This team has worked together before and has developed a high level of common understanding regarding the team and its mission. Members also strongly believe that the team can be effective across a variety of situations and tasks. As a standard practice, before deployment, the team members observe how other members perform their roles by shadowing and going through simulations. The standard pre-deployment practice of the team represents which aspect of cross-training?

While performing the boundary-spanning process, members who engage in ambassador activities typically communicate with:

Which of the following refer(s) to the degree to which teams are capable of remaining together as ongoing entities?

Which of the following competencies coordinates and synchronizes activities among team members?

Which of the following refer(s) to the degree to which members believe that the team can be effective across a variety of situations and tasks?

Describe the effects of teamwork processes on team performance and commitment.

Which of the following are teamwork processes?

Action processes become important before the team actually begins to conduct the core aspects of its work.

Nominal group technique decreases social loafing and production blocking-problems with brainstorming-by:

How are task work processes different from teamwork processes?

Getting more from the team than you would expect given the capabilities of its individual members refers to process gain.

_____ reflects whether members possess adequate information about their own task responsibilities.

Matt, a training coordinator at ARC Technologies, and his team are organizing a workshop for the employees. Matt is meeting the vice president of finance to get support for an increase in the budget to accommodate a session by a well-known motivational speaker. Matt, in this case, is performing a(n) _____ activity of the boundary-spanning process.

Define brainstorming. Identify the rules used surrounding a brainstorming session. Discuss why brainstorming does not work as well as individual idea generation.

By making people write down ideas on their own, the nominal group technique increases social loafing and production blocking.

Organizations no longer use brainstorming because of the problems associated with it.

Leslie, a marketing manager at the Sunshine Spa, is consulting with Tess, a dermatologist at the spa, to explore the possibility of incorporating certain treatments as part of the spa's package schemes. Leslie is engaging in a(n) _____ activity of the boundary-spanning process.