MGT 300 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Why is it important to set the team's course?
- The team members will have a common understanding of how the team will
accomplish its mission.
- Doing so lends itself to the use of more hybrid rewards.
- The amount of skill differentiation will be maximized. - Answer- The team members will
have a common understanding of how the team will accomplish its mission.
Team-building activities can help team members to ______.
- increase productivity, regardless of the type of team
- eliminate members who are not a good fit for the team
- acquire a deeper understanding of how they can work with each other - Answer-
acquire a deeper understanding of how they can work with each other
One thing that team performance and team viability have in common is that they are
both ______.
- types of team knowledge
- characteristics of good team charters
- important aspects of team effectiveness - Answer- important aspects of team
effectiveness
What are the important factors that need to be balanced to achieve team effectiveness?
- cooperation and motivation
- participation and development
- personality and leadership - Answer- cooperation and motivation
What are the building blocks teams need in order to accomplish their work?
- Team structure, team development, and team roles
- Skill differentiation, authority differentiation, virtual presence, and temporal stability
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities that are relevant to the team's task - Answer-
Knowledge, skills, and abilities that are relevant to the team's task
Striking a balance between cooperation and motivation in teams can be achieved by
______.
- providing rewards at both the individual and team levels
- ensuring there are proper levels of collective efficacy and cohesion
, - avoiding the use of hybrid rewards - Answer- providing rewards at both the individual
and team levels
A short statement, often developed and written by team members, that describes the
team's mission and the general approach for accomplishing this mission in a way that
engenders feelings of ownership, commitment, and engagement to the team and its
mission is the definition of ______.
- transactive memory
- team charter
- collective efficacy - Answer- team charter
Why is it important to set the team's course?
- It assures that all team members have the same understanding of the reason for the
team's existence.
- It keeps the wrong people from wanting to become members of the team.
- It makes the team as efficient as possible. - Answer- It assures that all team members
have the same understanding of the reason for the team's existence
Team-building activities can help team members to ______.
- differentiate their skills
- acquire trust in one another
- work more independently - Answer- acquire trust in one another
In order to achieve team effectiveness, cooperation must be balanced with ______.
- personality
- leadership
- motivation - Answer- motivation
Why is it important to reinforce both individual and team behavior?
- It manages the problems teams often have with authority differentiation.
- It can create more feelings of temporal stability among team members.
- It helps to strike a balance between cooperation and motivation in teams. - Answer- It
helps to strike a balance between cooperation and motivation in teams.
A team is defined
- two or more people who work interdependently to achieve goals related to a common
purpose
- a set of individuals who are together or share some common attribute
- groups of individuals that perform straightforward and routine production tasks
requiring very little thought and interaction among members to produce out put and
achieve goals - Answer- two or more people who work interdependently to achieve
goals related to a common purpose
Select all of the dimensions used to describe team attributes.
- temporal stability
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Why is it important to set the team's course?
- The team members will have a common understanding of how the team will
accomplish its mission.
- Doing so lends itself to the use of more hybrid rewards.
- The amount of skill differentiation will be maximized. - Answer- The team members will
have a common understanding of how the team will accomplish its mission.
Team-building activities can help team members to ______.
- increase productivity, regardless of the type of team
- eliminate members who are not a good fit for the team
- acquire a deeper understanding of how they can work with each other - Answer-
acquire a deeper understanding of how they can work with each other
One thing that team performance and team viability have in common is that they are
both ______.
- types of team knowledge
- characteristics of good team charters
- important aspects of team effectiveness - Answer- important aspects of team
effectiveness
What are the important factors that need to be balanced to achieve team effectiveness?
- cooperation and motivation
- participation and development
- personality and leadership - Answer- cooperation and motivation
What are the building blocks teams need in order to accomplish their work?
- Team structure, team development, and team roles
- Skill differentiation, authority differentiation, virtual presence, and temporal stability
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities that are relevant to the team's task - Answer-
Knowledge, skills, and abilities that are relevant to the team's task
Striking a balance between cooperation and motivation in teams can be achieved by
______.
- providing rewards at both the individual and team levels
- ensuring there are proper levels of collective efficacy and cohesion
, - avoiding the use of hybrid rewards - Answer- providing rewards at both the individual
and team levels
A short statement, often developed and written by team members, that describes the
team's mission and the general approach for accomplishing this mission in a way that
engenders feelings of ownership, commitment, and engagement to the team and its
mission is the definition of ______.
- transactive memory
- team charter
- collective efficacy - Answer- team charter
Why is it important to set the team's course?
- It assures that all team members have the same understanding of the reason for the
team's existence.
- It keeps the wrong people from wanting to become members of the team.
- It makes the team as efficient as possible. - Answer- It assures that all team members
have the same understanding of the reason for the team's existence
Team-building activities can help team members to ______.
- differentiate their skills
- acquire trust in one another
- work more independently - Answer- acquire trust in one another
In order to achieve team effectiveness, cooperation must be balanced with ______.
- personality
- leadership
- motivation - Answer- motivation
Why is it important to reinforce both individual and team behavior?
- It manages the problems teams often have with authority differentiation.
- It can create more feelings of temporal stability among team members.
- It helps to strike a balance between cooperation and motivation in teams. - Answer- It
helps to strike a balance between cooperation and motivation in teams.
A team is defined
- two or more people who work interdependently to achieve goals related to a common
purpose
- a set of individuals who are together or share some common attribute
- groups of individuals that perform straightforward and routine production tasks
requiring very little thought and interaction among members to produce out put and
achieve goals - Answer- two or more people who work interdependently to achieve
goals related to a common purpose
Select all of the dimensions used to describe team attributes.
- temporal stability
