ATTITUDE, JOB SATISFACTION, TEAM AND GROUP

During this stage of team development the members begin to come together as a coordinated unit.

• Storming

• Norming

• Perfoming

• Forming

The best size for a problem solving team is usually _______ members

• no more than 3 people

• 5 to 7

• 8 to 10

• more than 10 people

Self- managing team ______________________

• reduce the number of different job tasks members need to master

• largely eliminate the need for a traditional supervisor

• rely heavily on outside training to maintain job skills

• add another management layer to overhead costs

Which statement about self managing teams is correct?

• They can improve performance but not the satisfaction

• they should have limited decision making authority

• They should operate without any team leader

• They let members plan their own work schedules

Members of a team tend to become more motivated and better able to deal with conflict during the _____________ stage of team development

• Storming

• Forming

• Norming

• Performing

A group of employees about the same hierarchical level but from different work areas came together to complete a task.

• Self -Managed teams

• Virtual Team

• Cross - Functional teams

• Problem Solving team

5-12 employees from the same department who meet for a few hours each week to discuss the ways of improving quality, efficiency and the work environment

• Cross functional team

• Virtual team

• Self- managed team

• Problem solving team

To be considered as a group there must be at least five people

• TRUE

• FALSE

When the forming stage is completed, there will be a relatively clear hierarchy of leadership within the group and agreement on the group direction

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following would be considered a formal group?

• task force for employee birthday celebrations

• reading group

• bowling group

• bringing people from various functions to solve a business dilemma