Group VS Team

Which of the following is a characteristic of a team? (not a group)

• Has a designated strong leader

• Holds individuals accountable

• Sets identical purpose for group and organisation

• Runs meetings that encourage open-ended discussion and problem solving

What is the definition of a special-purpose team?

• A team that consists of multi-skilled employees who rotate jobs to produce an entire product or service, often led by an elected team member.

• A team created from outside the formal organisational structure to undertake a project of special importance or creativity.

• A team composed of a manager and his or her subordinates.

• A cross-border team that is made up of different nationalities whose activities span multiple countries.

Which of the following is NOT part of the five stages of team development?

• Forming

• Storming

• Conforming

• Performing

• Adjourning

Which is the characteristics of work group

• Individual accountability

• Individual and mutual accountability

• Define individual roles, responsibilities and task

• focus on team goals

A group that interacts primarily to share information, make decisions, and help each group member perform within his or her area of responsibility.It refers to

• Virtual teams

• Work team

• Work group

• Cross-functional teams

Frequently comes together for discussions, decision making, problem solving and planning. What is the type of group that refer to this description?

• Formal Group

• Work Group

• Informal Group

• Work Team

Which types of group have hierarchy?

• Informal Group

• Self-Managing Teams

• Manager Led

• Formal Group

You are a volunteer and you are organising a charity book sale. The chairperson is nice but very ineffective at meetings and lets people talk for too long and nothing gets done. You get impatient so you have decided to gently remind the chairperson to stay on track and move on. The chairperson didn't like you doing this at first but now is okay with this. 

• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing

People are likely to be suspicious of one another?

• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing

Your teacher put you into groups to work on a project. You volunteered to take photographs for the project and all agreed. Then Mary announces she wants to do this too as she is not good at researching. You have to sort it out. 

• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing