Discuss the below:
Team Building and Leadership Assessment
Question 1
Ad hoc teams are:
permanent.
temporary.
not used in teams.
not widely practiced.
Question 2
Project teams are:
temporary.
permanent.
not used in a matrix organization.
not widely practiced.
Question 3
Which step in the design of a temporary team may consist of drawing a vertical line that represents total work requirements and priorities, marking the point that represents where the team assignments rank as priority activity, and having each person write down the amount of time they are willing to commit to the work of the team over a month's time?
Developing a realistic priority level
Sharing expectations
Clarifying goals
Formulating operating guidelines
Question 4
What is the widely used personality assessment tool that places people in one of four personality dimensions?
MBTI
PITI
MNPI
BIMT
Question 5
_________ prefer to act as members of groups such as China, Japan, Indonesia, and West Africa.
Individualism
Collectivism
Power distance
Uncertainty avoidance
Question 6
What types of teams are assembled with individuals from different locations with much greater diversity of cultures, languages, and business functions?
Project
Matrix
Organizational
Virtual
Question 7
What was the major difference between the high school science curriculum committee and the Atomic Energy Committee temporary team examples in your text?
The pay scale
The team leader's qualifications
The way the groups began
The level of education
Question 8
Which is the best type of communication for brainstorming, debating options, drawing concepts, or displaying and diagramming complex data?
Multipoint multimedia
E-mail
Web page
Instant messaging
Question 9
Who typically has the final word when it comes to the decisions or actions taken by the temporary team?
The team
The team lead
The project manager
Senior management
Question 10
Lack of trust and mutual understanding, violated expectations, lack of training and effective use of communication technologies, and lack of effective team leadership are examples of ______.
common problems in traditional teams
indicative of team management style
not issues normally addressed in team building
common problems that afflict virtual teams
11. How can a better understanding of the cultural backgrounds and norms of team members help a team leader anticipate problems and prevent them in the initial team building session?
12. Describe how the concerns of a team leader differ when leading a virtual team from a more standard team.
References
Dyer, W. G., Dyer, W. G., Jr., & Dyer, J. H. (2007). Team building: Proven strategies for improving team performance (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass