LDRS 302 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

LDRS 302 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is a team? - answer- A group of persons having a collective identity joined together, to accomplish a goal. What is a group? - answer- A collected group of individuals who work together in completing a task. What is the difference between Teams and Groups? - answer- Teams have specialized roles. What is the main reason for Teams? - answer- To be able to do things individuals cannot. What is the conflict stage of Tuckman's Team Development Stages? - answer- Storming What works together but not collectively? - answer- A Group What is NOT a characteristic of a Team? - answer- External Locus Decision A GROUP become a TEAM after what stage? - answer- Storming When someone is "way to polite on a date" this a example of what stage? - answer- Forming T/F: Some Teams last forever. - answer- FALSE What is the optimal size of a Team? - answer- 6-10 people What can cause Team regression? - answer- No reward support system. What is a benefit of Collaboration? - answer- One can achieve tangible results. T/F Everyone is trusting of Collaboration? - answer- FALSE Everyone is skeptical. What is NOT a key of collaboration? - answer- A shift to specialized concerns. Scholar/ Adaptive Leadership - answer- Hiefetz What is a good example of the Adaptive Process? - answer- Lifting weights and getting stronger. T/F Adaptive challenges are close but with more complexity. - answer- FALSE What is NOT a type of Adaptive Challenges? - answer- Strong group commitments What is the first step of Adaptive Leadership? - answer- Get on the balcony. Protecting leadership voices from below is critical of Adaptive Leadership. - answer- ALWAYS What is known as a Technical Challenge? - answer- Problem, Solution, Authority Figure What are the five stages of Tuckman's Team Development? - answer- 1. Forming 2.Storming 3.Norming 4. Performing 5.Adjourning What are some characteristics of Effective Teams? - answer- -Define Roles -Communicate Roles -Plan from problem to solution -Consider many alternatives -Have uniformity in criteria/application -Evaluate and reflect on decisions What factors cause Team Regression? - answer- -Unrealistic expectations -Inadequate Process Skills -Inability to accept mistake -NO reward support system -Lack of organizational support Benefits of Collaboration: - answer- - Achieving tangible benefits -Instituting effective problem-solving -Empowering citizens and civic leaders -Changing the way that communities and organizations "DO BUSINESS". - Moving from vision to action to results . -Achieving real ownership of issues. Weakness of Collaboration: - answer- -It takes time (SLOW) -People are naturally skeptical -Collaboration takes a high degree Adaptive Challenges: - answer- -Problems are not defined -Problem that do not have an obvious solution -Problems that cannot be solved EX: Being a church membership or Company member Technical Challenges: - answer- -Problems that are clearly defined -Problems with known solution -Problem that can be solved by an expert or authority figure -They can always ease to understand The premise of COLLABORATION: - answer- If you bring the APPROPRIATE PEOPLE together in CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS with GOOD INFORMATION they will create authentic visions and strategies for addressing the SHARE CONCERNS of the organizations and community. Which is not a key collaborative processes described by the reading? - answer- Closed Process. Which is one of the reasons why traditional leadership leadership has failed according to the Chrislip and Larson chapter? - answer- Diffusion of Resposibility Teams are - answer- INTERDEPENDENT. Groups are - answer- INDEPENDENT. What is SOCIAL LOAFING? - answer- When and individual avoids the task given to them. What is it called when