The standard pre deployment practice of the team represents which aspect of cross training

shadowing and going through simulations. The team’s high level of common understanding refers towhich of the following?potencycohesiontransactive memorymental modelsboundary spanningMental models refer to the level of common understanding among team members with regard toimportant aspects of the team and its task.ReferencesMultiple ChoiceDifficulty: 2 MediumLearning Objective: 12-04 What are teamstates, and what are some examples of thestates that fall into this process category?

11/29/2020Assignment Print View108/124121.Award:10.00 pointsA special surveillance and rescue team is being deployed to counter the menace of pirates in theIndian Ocean. Nick, Sid, and Kevin are the core members of the team. Nick was elected as the leader ofthe team. Sid is responsible for monitoring the team’s progress toward its goals. Kevin took on the roleof motivator and confidence builder for the team. This team has worked together before and hasdeveloped a high level of common understanding regarding the team and its mission. Members alsostrongly believe that the team can be effective across a variety of situations and tasks. As a standardpractice, before deployment, the team members observe how other members perform their roles byshadowing and going through simulations. The standard pre-deployment practice of the teamrepresents which aspect of cross-training?positional rotationpositional modelingaction learningpersonal clarificationcollaborative problem solvingPositional modeling involves team members observing how other members perform their roles.ReferencesMultiple ChoiceDifficulty: 2 MediumLearning Objective: 12-06 What steps canorganizations take to improve teamprocesses?

11/29/2020Assignment Print View109/124122.Award:10.00 pointsDefineteam processand differentiate between process gain and process loss.Team process refers to the different types of communication, activities, and interactions that occurwithin teams that contribute to their ultimate end goals. Getting more from the team than you wouldexpect according to the capabilities of its individual members refers to process gain. When you getfrom teams “more than the sum of their parts,” the teams seem to benefit from process gain. On theother hand, when you get from teams “less than the sum of their parts,” the teams seem to suffer fromprocess loss. Factors that cause process loss include coordination loss and motivational loss.ReferencesEssayDifficulty: 1 EasyLearning Objective: 12-01 What aretaskwork processes, and what are someexamples of team activities that fall into thisprocess category?

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Scenario: As a standard practice, before deployment, the team members observe how other members perform their roles by shadowing and going through simulations. team's high level of common understanding refers to which of these?

Jim was on a project team that was facing serious problems and tight deadlines. Jim blamed other members for the problems and got short tempered with others in the team. This is an example of poor
a. goal specification b. scout activity c. affect management d. mission analysis e. transition process

Scott's role of monitoring the team's progress contributes to which of these teamwork processes? Select one: a. Brainstorming process b. Action process c. Transactive memory process d. Transition process e. Interpersonal process

At Taser Sport, Inc. (TSI), Tammy, a member of the marketing team, recently met with Mike from Research and Development to learn about new technology and materials that were being experimented with at TSI and other companies in the industry. This is an example of which of these boundary spanning activities? a. Scout b. Task coordinator c. Ambassador

Teamwork processes have a _______ effect on team commitment. Select one: a. moderate positive b. weak negative c. moderate negative d. strong positive e. strong negative

James, a member of a marketing team at MBI recently met with the executive management team to get support for his team's request to increase the budget for an expanded print media campaign. This is an example of which boundary spanning activities? a. Decision informity b. Task coordinator c. Hierarchical sensitivity d. Scout e. Ambassador

_______ is normally conducted by a consultant and intended to facilitate the development of team processes related to goal setting, interpersonal relations, problem solving, and role clarification. a. Team building b. Action learning c. Positional rotation d. Position building e. Personal clarification

Josh, George, Megan, and Kristin are team members in an Organizational Behavior class. As a team, they are responsible for conducting a case analysis and presenting the results to the class. Josh and Kristin have worked very hard. However, George and Megan did not work as hard as they could have, nor did they do what was necessary for the team to complete the project effectively. The loss in team productivity that occurred due to George and Megan refers to

A team's strong belief that they can be effective across a variety of situations reflects which of these? Select one: a. Moderate transactive memory b. Diverse mental models c. High potency d. Low cohesion e. Minimal boundary spanning

According to research, potency, which refers to the degree to which members believe that the team can be effective across a variety of situations and tasks, has _______ impact on team performance. Select one: a. a strong negative b. a moderate positive c. a strong positive d. a moderate negative e. no

Communications is the process by which information and meaning gets transferred from a sender to a receiver. Is load music a positive influence the communications process?

_______ refers to specific types of feelings and thoughts that coalesce in the minds of team members as a consequence of their experience working together. Select one: a. Task conflict b. Team states c. Relationship conflict d. Action process e. Boundary spanning

Coordination losses are often driven by Select one: a. process gain b. staff validity c. hierarchical sensitivity d. scout activity e. production blocking

Synchronizing team members' activities in a way that makes them mesh effectively and seamlessly refers to _______ and is an example of a(n) _______ process. Select one: a. scout activity; brainstorming b. coordination; action c. goal specification; transition d. boundary spanning; transition e. staff validity; interpersonal

Which of these refer to the degree to which teams are capable of remaining together as ongoing entities? Select one: a. Team states b. Team viability c. Team building d. Groupthink e. Transactive memory

George and Megan believed that the team would receive a good grade because of Josh and Kristin's work, and so rather than working hard on the team project, they put all their effort in their individual assignments. George and Megan engaged in a. groupthink b. staff validity loss c. hierarchical sensitivity d. social loafing e. transition loss

Tom has done a phenomenal job in gathering information necessary to help the team understand the desires and needs of the client. Tom's action would contribute to which factor in effective decision making at BGI? a. Production blocking b. Staff validity c. Hierarchical sensitivity d. Decision informity e. Transactive memory

Nominal group technique incorporates both ____ and ______ activities in generating ideas and deciding on the best alternative
a. groupthink; social loafing
b. decision informity; production blocking
c. transactive memory; transformative memory
d. individuals;team
e. none of these

One way to potentially prevent problems associated with cohesion is to formally institute the role of
a. ambassador b. scout c. devil's advocate d. social loafing e. groupthink

The secrets of better brainstorming, as practiced at IDEO, includes which of these "what to do": Select one: a. the boss speaks first b. the space remembers c. give everybody a turn d. write down everything e. do it off-site

The standard pre-deployment practice of the team represents which aspect of cross-training?
a. Positional rotation b. Positional modeling c. Taskwork d. Personal clarification e. Potency

Country Project Team at ABC International is given the task to develop new product ideas for three different foreign markets. Team members possessed all the necessary information to make a good recommendation for each of the three countries, but they failed to do so because of the lack of insight and good judgment. This reflects which of these effective decision factors? a. Hierarchical sensitivity b. Transactive memory c. Staff validity

Within communications is Network structure, which is a pattern of communications that occurs regularly among each member of a team. Which of the following is NOT a flow of communication:

Which of these is not a type of desirable transportable teamwork competencies? Select one: a. Conflict resolution b. Goal setting and performance management c. Collaborative problem solving d. Planning an task coordination e. Hierarchical sensitivity

e. Hierarchical sensitivity

When you get from teams "more than the sum of their parts", the teams seem to benefit from Select one: a. process gain b. staff validity c. team informity d. team commitment e. teamwork KSAs

The idea behind _______ is that team members can develop shared mental models of what is involved in each of the roles in the team and how the roles fit together to form a system. Select one: a. systems monitoring b. goal setting and performance management c. cross-training d. boundary spanning e. task coordination

Which three specific factors account for a team's ability to make effective decisions?
a. Groupthink, social loafing, and process rotation
b. Decision informity; staff validity, and hierarchical sensitivity c. Transactive memory; transformative memory, and decision memory d. Individual effort, team effort, and boundary spanning effort

b. Decision informity; staff validity, and hierarchical sensitivity

Before a team made their presentation to the client, each team member observed how other team members performed their roles by shadowing for a day in those members' functional expertise areas and jobs. This is an example of which type of cross-training? a. Positional rotation b. Positional modeling c. Taskwork d. Personal clarification

Harry has been meeting with the vice president of operations and other members of the executive team to gain support for their request to increase the marketing budget. Harry is engaging in which of the boundary spanning processes? a. Decision informity b. Task coordinator c. Hierarchical sensitivity d. Scout e. Ambassador

The decision making records of Harry and Dick reflect which factor in effective decision making at BGI?
a. Cohesion b. Staff validity c. Hierarchical sensitivity d. Decision informity e. Transactive memory

In a project team at ABC International, everyone focuses on his or her specialty and what they do best, members know exactly where they can go to get information when there are gaps in their knowledge, and this team produces synergistic results. This shows that the project team at ABC has had an effective
a. staff validity b. mental model c. transactive memory d. potency  e. hierarchical sensitivity

Popular rules of brainstorming include all of following except: Select one: a. build on the ideas of others b. go for quality of ideas rather than quantity c. express all ideas that come to mind d. don't criticize or evaluate the ideas of others e. all of these are effective brainstorming rules

b. go for quality of ideas rather than quantity

Which of these teamwork processes are important before, during, and between periods of taskwork? Select one: a. Transition processes b. Action processes c. Boundary spanning processes d. Creative behavior processes e. Interpersonal processes

e. Interpersonal processes

Jill's tendency to listen to Harry and ignore Dick reflect which factor in effective decision making? Select one: a. Production blocking b. Staff validity c. Hierarchical sensitivity d. Decision informity e. Transition process gain

c. Hierarchical sensitivity

Which of the following competencies synchronizes activities among team members?

Which of the following competencies coordinates and synchronizes activities among team members? Planning and task coordination involves coordinating and synchronizing activities among team members and establishing expectations to ensure proper balance of workload within the team.

Which of the following terms reflects team members beliefs that they can successfully perform a task?

Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997).

Which of the following represents the predictable sequence of stages in team development?

In 1965, a psychologist named Bruce Tuckman said that teams go through 5 stages of development: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning.

Which type of network structure in communication has the least degree of centralization?

All channel network: The all-channel network permits all group members to communicate actively with each other. There is no leader in this type of network that is why there is the lowest degree of centralization.