1. Which of the following questions would not be answered in the affirmative by a firm trying to ascertain whether a team is needed in the organization?
Are the tasks to be performed independent of one another?
Will the organization benefit from shared goals?
Is a variety of skills and abilities needed?
Is wide cooperation needed?
2. Research on team roles indicate all of the following are correct EXCEPT:
Teams tend to have two categories of roles: those related to the team’s functioning and those related to the tasks at hand.
Effective leaders always engage in the same task role behaviors.
Individuals who are aware of team roles and the behavior required for each are better performers than those individuals who are not aware of such.
Ten key roles have been identified for effective teams.