Cognitive ability is more important to teams when team members have to learn from one another to adapt to unexpected changes, compared with contexts in which team members perform their assigned tasks in a routine fashion.
Cognitive ability is more important to teams when team members have to learn from one another to adapt to unexpected changes, compared with contexts in which team members perform their assigned tasks in a routine fashion.
Ability: Relatively stable capabilities of people for performing a particular range of related activities.
In the storming stage of team development, feelings of solidarity develop as members work toward team goals.
Storming is where the members remain committed to ideas they bring with them to the team. In norming, feelings of solidarity develop as members work toward team goals.
Storming: The second stage of team development, during which conflict occurs due to members’ ongoing commitment to ideas they bring with them to the team.
Marilyn was just hired to work at a college administration office. She is not exactly sure what she is supposed to be doing or who to ask when she has a question. She also would like to know how many breaks she can take, and if she can leave for lunch. Marilyn is in the ________ stage of team development.
- forming
- norming
- storming
- adjourning
- performing
In the first stage, called forming, members orient themselves by trying to understand their boundaries in the team. Members try to get a feel for what is expected of them, what types of behaviors are out of bounds, and who's in charge.
Forming: The first stage of team development, during which members try to get a feel for what is expected of them, what types of behaviors are out of bounds, and who’s in charge.
Jimmy and Beth have both been assigned to a team to choose how to dispose of waste. Jimmy has long believed the company should create its own waste disposal department, and Beth has long believed they should hire an outside vendor to handle it. They both cut each other off in meetings, refuse to listen to each other, and have made some people on the team choose sides and feel resentment toward other members. Jimmy and Beth are on a team in the ________ stage of team development.
- forming
- norming
- storming
- adjourning
- performing
In the storming stage of group development, members remain committed to ideas they bring with them to the team and are unwilling to accommodate others' ideas. This triggers conflict that negatively affects some interpersonal relationships.
Storming: The second stage of team development, during which conflict occurs due to members’ ongoing commitment to ideas they bring with them to the team.
Wren and Zola are on a team that has been assigned to cut production costs in an electronic component production facility. For several months, they have argued and made no progress. This morning, their supervisor told them that she expected the team to have a viable plan within three weeks. Wren and Zola realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals, and consequently, they begin to cooperate with one another. Wren and Zola are in the ________ stage of team development.
- forming
- norming
- storming
- projecting
- performing
In the norming stage of team development, members realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals, and consequently, they begin to cooperate with one another.
Norming: The third stage of team development, during which members realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals and consequently begin to.
In the performing stage of team development, members
- remain committed to ideas they bring with them to the team.
- orient themselves by trying to understand their boundaries in the team.
- are comfortable working within their roles, and the team makes progress toward goals.
- experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.
- realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals, and consequently, they begin to cooperate.
In the performing stage of team development, members are comfortable working within their roles, and the team makes progress toward goals.
Forming: The first stage of team development, during which members try to get a feel for what is expected of them, what types of behaviors are out of bounds, and who’s in charge.
Alfred, Mario, and Lydia have worked together on the same team for three years. The company has just hired a new personnel director at their facility. The new director recommends a total restructuring of all jobs, including teams. Alfred is experiencing anxiety, Lydia is angry, and Mario is relieved as they all realize they must soon disengage and ultimately separate from the team. Alfred, Mario, and Lydia are in the ________ stage of team development.
- forming
- norming
- storming
- adjourning
- performing
In the adjourning stage, because the life span of many teams is limited, members experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.
Adjourning: The final stage of team development, during which members experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.
Which of the following statements is True?
- All teams go through the stages of team development.
- Adjourning is most significant for teams that have not been together long.
- For action teams with clear expectations, the developmental sequence is less applicable.
- Punctuated equilibrium takes place during the adjourning stage.
- Project teams that change their approach at the midway point of a project tend to fail.
For action teams with clear expectations, such as flight crews on airlines, the developmental sequence is less applicable.
Action Teams: A team of limited duration that performs complex tasks in contexts that tend to be highly visible and challenging.
Which of the following best describes the group development pattern known as punctuated equilibrium?
- A team transitions directly from the storming stage to the adjourning stage as it is suddenly shut down.
- At the midpoint of the project, members realize that their behavior pattern must change in order to complete the project on time.
- Members of teams with a limited life span undergo a feeling of depression and anxiety when the time comes for the group to disband.
- A team skips the initial stages of forming and storming and begins at the performing stage of development.
- The attitudes and behaviors of members of a team do not change for as long as the team is in existence.
Punctuated equilibrium occurs at the midway point of the project regardless of the length of the project. At the midway point of the project, members realize that they have to change their task paradigm fundamentally to complete it on time.
Punctuated Equilibrium: A sequence of team development during which not much gets done until the halfway point of a project, after which teams make necessary changes to complete the project on time.
A high degree of goal interdependence exists when team members have a shared vision of the team's goal and align their individual goals with that vision as a result.
A high degree of goal interdependence exists when team members have a shared vision of the team's goal and align their individual goals with that vision as a result.
Goal Interdependence: The degree to which team members have a shared goal and align their individual goals with that vision.
Which of the following represents the predictable sequence of stages in team development?
- performing, forming, norming, storming, and adjourning
- forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
- norming, forming, performing, storming, and adjourning
- norming, forming, storming, performing, and adjourning
- storming, norming, performing, forming, and adjourning
According to the most well-known theory of group development, teams go through a progression of five stages: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Some teams develop in a predictable sequence, whereas many develop in a less linear fashion.
Adjourning: The final stage of team development, during which members experience anxiety and other emotions as they disengage and ultimately separate from the team.