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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.

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In groups with comprehensive interdependence, the members have little discretion in terms of what they do and with whom they interact in the course of the collaboration involved in accomplishing the team's work.

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Define task interdependence.Briefly describe the four primary types of task interdependence.

A planning team comprising engineers, architects, designers, and builders, charged with designing a suburban town center is a(n) _____ team.

In the _____ stage of team development, members come to realize that they need to work together to accomplish team goals, and consequently, they begin to cooperate with one another.

In sequential interdependence, the member performing the task in the latter part of the sequence depends on the member performing the task in the earlier part of the sequence, but not the other way around.

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

A team consists of two or more people who work independently over some time period to accomplish common goals related to some task-oriented purpose.

Cora frequently challenges the teams' assumptions and status quo. Cora exhibits the devil's advocate role.

Tasks for which the team's performance depends on the abilities of the "weakest link" are called _____.

As the level of task interdependence _____, members must spend _____ amounts of time communicating and coordinating with other members to complete tasks.

In what way are management teams similar to work teams?

Tasks for which the contributions resulting from the abilities of every member are considered in total to determine team performance are called _____.

The sequence of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning apply to the development of all teams.

Tom, Dan, and Philip work in different teams at Leo Motors.Tom's team ensures that all the raw materials, machinery, tools and other production equipments are available for the employees round the clock.Any procurement needs have to be addressed to Tom, who also takes a call on the strategic decisions regarding the number of units to be produced, exported, etc.Dan works in a team of eight members who concentrate on the day-to-day production.They also ensure the quality checks are done and inspect each other's work.Philip is the operation manager, who works for five hours in the production department and then heads off to assist the management.His feedback is very crucial in improving the production process.Dan's contribution is toward the _____.

According to the similarity-attraction approach, a firm with high diversity will have high team effectiveness.

Which of the following observations about member conscientiousness is true?

In tasks with an objectively verifiable best solution, the member who possesses the highest level of the ability relevant to the task will have the most influence on the effectiveness of the team.

_____ diversity refers to diversity regarding observable attributes such as race, ethnicity, sex, and age.

Explain the significance of virtual teams.