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1. The situation in which one or more members of a team slack off, hoping that others will pick up the slack, is referred to as
A. free riding.
B. group-hate.
C. groupthink.
D. risky shift.
2. Lillie, a team leader, observes that some of her team members have a tendency to participate in teamwork much less than the others. They seemed uninterested and content to let others do their share of the work. In this scenario, the slacking nature of the team members best illustrates
A. groupthink.
B. social loafing.
C. group-hate.
D. risky shift.
3. ________ takes place when members who are part of a group agree to a more unsafe course of action than any individual would have alone.
Groupthink
Social loafing
Group-hate
Risky shift
4. Mark's team is extremely ambitious. Irrespective of tight deadlines, it takes up a high-priority project that required a heavy investment. Eventually, the team is unable to meet the project schedule and the company goes bankrupt. Which self-limiting behavior of Mark's team most likely led the company to bankruptcy?
Risky shift
Groupthink
Group-hate
Social loafing
5. The primary role of a team leader or team member in the forming stage of team development is to
encourage the group to establish its mission and purpose.
help group members focus on the task and on personal differences.
encourage the group members to debrief a project.
make sure the team continues with its progress and maintains its cohesion and morale.
6. Which of the following statements is true of leaders during the storming stage of team development?
They should take sides to lead the team in one direction.
They should encourage the team to develop communication channels.
They should encourage the team to establish its mission and purpose.
They should help team members focus on personal differences first so that they can resolve it fast.