Manager\'s Hot Seat: Working in Teams: Cross-Functional Dysfunction The Executiv
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Manager's Hot Seat: Working in Teams: Cross-Functional Dysfunction
The Executive Director of Operations has assigned Joe Tanney the role of Team Leader for a high priority project. The task is to generate a proposal for streamlining the antiquated blueprint generation process. Each office is at different stages of computerization, with different teams preferring different technologies for particular tasks. This makes everything more complex – from collaboration to revisions to cost and time management, and is having a serious impact on the company’s bottom line. The team includes Rosa Denson, Cheng Jing, and Simon Mahoney.
The team in the video is assigned a specific project and is asked to finish it in a given time. What type of team does this represent?
Multiple Choice
Command groups
Task forces
Self-managed work teams
Research and development teams
Top management teams
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The team members appear to be unmotivated to do team tasks and are avoiding taking responsibility for their work. To improve team member participation, which element of group dynamics can Joe try to improve?
Multiple Choice
Group cohesiveness
Groupthink
Group deviance
Group norms
Division of labor
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Joe assigns tasks to each team member individually so that the responsibilities and contributions are identifiable. By doing this Joe is reducing
Multiple Choice
synergy.
sequential task interdependence.
reciprocal task interdependence.
social loafing.
groupthink.
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Explanation / Answer
1.
Task Force
It is the task force that is constituted to complete the specific project to deliver specific task within a given period of time. Such teams work on a project.
2.
Division of labor
It will bring clarity upon who will take what kind of responsibility. Further, ambiguity of work will also be eliminated when individual responsibilities are assigned to the team member.
3.
Social loafing
Social loafing takes place when individuals make less efforts when working in the group, so clarity upon the roles and responsibilities, will make them aware and bring in more efforts to deliver the responsibilities.
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