Management CH14 Teamwork

The process of people actively working together to accomplish common goals is called:

• team

• teamwork

• synergy

• communication

The benefits of team include all but:

• more resources

• better creativity

• greater commitment

• faster decision-making

The creation of a whole that exceeds the sum of its parts is called (a)   .

The tendency of some people to avoid responsibility by free-riding in groups is called:

• social network

• social loafing

• social capital

• social interaction

Interest groups of employees are considered as formal teams in organizations.

• True

• Flase

A group of workers that meets regularly to discuss specific ways to improve work is called:

• committee teams

• project teams

• task forces

• quality circle

(a)   teams use technology to work together from different locations.

Members have collective authority to make decisions happen in ___ teams.

• cross functional

• self-managing

• project

• virtual

Effective teams usually have three output goals, not including:

• task performance

• member satisfaction

• team viability

• member careers

____ teams have members with diverse personal characteristics.

• homogeneous

• virtual

• heterogenous

• cross-functional