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Questions

1. It is important for a team to have a strong designated leader.

True

False

2. As a team comes together to accomplish a goal, there is a normal process of getting to know one another and working through conflicts. Once this is accomplished, the team begins working together and help one another out in achieving the goal. According to the Stages of Team Development (Tuckman, 1965), the process of working through initial conflicts is known as:

Forming

Norming

Performing

Storming

3. A team is working together to newsletter. Members of the team agree to take on different roles including writing articles, taking photographs, editing the newsletter, and the final formatting. Each member is responsible for their own work. This is an example of what type of teamwork?

Collaboration

Cooperation

Groupthink

Coordination

4. According to Belbin's Team Roles (Belbin, 1981), teams work best when different members take on different functions on the team. Belbin identifies several different roles which are categorized as:

Cerebral (Thinking) Roles

Action-Orientation Roles

All 3 are Categories According To Belbin

People-Orientation Roles

5. Conflict is bad.

True

False

6. Gurpreet is very easy to get along with and is generally well liked. Gurpreet considers it very important to get along with everyone and would rather give other people their own way instead of openly disagreeing with them. According to the 5 Conflict Resolution Styles (Thomas and Kilman, 1974), Gurpreet relies on this style of conflict resolution:

Competing

Collaborating

Avoiding

Accommodating

7. Which of the following is not a characteristic of dysfunctional conflict?

The conflict does not generate any new ideas.

The people in the conflict consider where they might be wrong.

The conflict is chaotic.

The conflict is not resolved.

8. A team is formed to finish group project. One of the team members often misses the team meetings and when they are present, they do not speak up with ideas or contribute to the conversation. This behavior is known as:

Social Inhibition

Saving energy

Social Loafing

Social Facilitation

9. When discussing a conflict, people may work together to make sure that both sides each get what they want. In doing this, a solution is found which works even better than the original ideas that each person had. This style of conflict resolution is known as:

Competing

Avoiding

Compromising

Collaborating

10. Which of the following is true of teams but not of groups?

Members are responsible for their own work only.

Members produce individual work projects.

Members share a common purpose.

Members have shared values.