______ indicates that there can be a performance decrease as a team goes through the storming phase of team development. During the storming phase in team development, team performance declines for a period of time as conflicts emerge regarding goals and contributions of team members.

Question 1 options:

Team performance curve

Five-stage model of team development

Team activity

Team effectiveness

Question 2 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ reflects three broad categories: performance, behaviors, and attitudes.

Question 2 options:

Team effectiveness

Team brainstorming

Team idea evaluation

Team idea generation

Question 3 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ is a technique in decision making that may be an effective way to combat the challenge of dominating participants on the team.

Question 3 options:

Normative decision making

Delegation decision making

Consultative decision making

Stepladder decision making

Question 4 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Cohesion may work against the team.

Question 4 options:

	1) True
	2) False

Question 5 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ describes the process where teams have an initial meeting in which the group's goals are discussed, and following the meeting, the team does not do much work until about halfway to the deadline. This midpoint transition occurs regardless of the total time allowed for the project.

Question 5 options:

Team effectiveness

Team performance

Punctuated equilibrium

Team forming

Question 6 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Team leaders should clarify the team purpose and set up ground rules for the team through a ______.

Question 6 options:

brainstorming session

formative conference

team charter

storming session

Question 7 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Groupthink is a decision-making error found among teams that can be prevented utilizing the ______.

Question 7 options:

multivoting technique

normal group technique

step-ladder technique

virtual teams

Question 8 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ refers to the team finalizing its work and disbands.

Question 8 options:

Brainstorming

Adjourning

Team charter

Storming

Question 9 (Mandatory) (2 points)

A method of decision making that discusses ideas and defers a final decision until everyone can say they have been heard and will support the final decision is called ______.

Question 9 options:

consensus

brainstorming

idea evaluation

idea generation

Question 10 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ in teams can increase flexibility, creativity and innovation, and problem solving.

Question 10 options:

diversity

Cohesion

Viability

Learning

Question 11 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ refers to a role that challenges team assumptions and decisions throughout the decision-making process.

Question 11 options:

Illusion of unanimity

Suppression

Direct pressure

Devil's advocate

Question 12 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Diversity may encumber team creativity.

Question 12 options:

	1) False
	2) True

Question 13 (Mandatory) (2 points)

When ______ is strong, the group is motivated to perform, and it is better able to coordinate activities for success. There is a sense of we-ness since team members tend to use "we" rather than "I" to describe the team and its activities.

Question 13 options:

diversity

cohesion

viability

team norms

Question 14 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Through research, it has been shown that effective team leaders credit ______ for being a key reason for team creative outputs that directly impact organizational success.

Question 14 options:

diversity

cohesion

viability

team norms

Question 15 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ is described as a reduction in motivation and effort when individuals work collectively compared with when they work coactively.

Question 15 options:

Illusion of unanimity

Suppression

Direct pressure

Social loafing

Question 16 (Mandatory) (2 points)

The function of ______ refers to team members experiencing stress due to the uncertainty of not knowing the other team members and understanding their role on the team.

Question 16 options:

performing

storming

norming

forming

Question 17 (Mandatory) (2 points)

During the storming phase of team development, ______ is used to describe team performance as it establishes productive norms, they reach a point where they can be considered a potential team.

Question 17 options:

team effectiveness

pseudo team

real team

high-performing team

Question 18 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ are informal and interpersonal rules that team members are expected to follow.

Question 18 options:

Team guidelines

Learning objectives

Value statements

Team norms

Question 19 (Mandatory) (2 points)

A ______ develops as the potential team moves through the storming phase to become committed to a common-purpose performance goals and approaches for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Question 19 options:

real team

pseudo team

team effectiveness

high-performing team

Question 20 (Mandatory) (2 points)

All work should be done by teams even if there are only two members on the team to establish accountability.

Question 20 options:

	1) False
	2) True

Question 21 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ is a team process where members of the team form a cohesive unit and close relationships among team members.

Question 21 options:

Performing

Forming

Norming

Storming

Question 22 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ occurs most often in highly cohesive groups and when the group is confident concerning their course of action early in the process. The Challenger space shuttle disaster case has been interpreted to having resulted from this type of decision making.

Question 22 options:

Normative decision making

Delegation decision making

Consultative decision making

Groupthink decision making

Question 23 (Mandatory) (2 points)

A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Question 23 options:

	1) True
	2) False

Question 24 (Mandatory) (2 points)

Viewing the leader as being "one of us" increases followers' positive endorsements of the leader due to their social identity with the team.

Question 24 options:

	1) True
	2) False

Question 25 (Mandatory) (2 points)

______ is effective when a team leader gives their team many responsibilities, asks the team for advice when making decisions, is not too controlling, allows the team to set its goals, stays out of the way when the team works on its performance problems, tells the team to expect a lot from itself, and trusts the team.

Question 25 options:

Cohesiveness

Creativity

Leadership climate

Viability