Team Building & Development Flashcards
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Which of the following is the PRIMARY risk associated with highly cohesive teams?
Answer: Groupthink — suppressing dissent in favor of consensus
Highly cohesive teams are at risk of groupthink, where the desire for harmony overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives, leading to poor decision-making.
A manager is designing a team rewards system. Research most strongly supports which approach for interdependent tasks?
Answer: Team-based rewards that reinforce collective accountability and cooperation
For tasks requiring interdependence, team-based rewards align incentives with cooperation and discourage competition that undermines collective output.
During a team retrospective, members are reluctant to raise real problems. The manager's BEST response is to:
Answer: Model vulnerability by sharing a personal mistake or learning, then explicitly invite honest input
Leaders who model vulnerability and normalize candor signal that speaking up is safe, which is the most powerful lever for creating genuine psychological safety.
Which intervention is MOST appropriate to address a team experiencing 'social loafing'?
Answer: Decrease team size and assign clear, individually identifiable contributions
Social loafing decreases when individual contributions are identifiable and personally meaningful — smaller teams with clear role assignment make each member's effort visible.
A team has completed its project and will be dissolved. According to Tuckman, this final stage is called:
Answer: Adjourning
Tuckman later added the Adjourning stage to describe the dissolution of a team after task completion, which can involve emotional responses to separation.
A manager wants to increase innovation within their team. Which team environment factor has the MOST impact on creative output?
Answer: A climate of psychological safety combined with a clear vision
Research consistently shows that the combination of psychological safety (freedom to experiment and fail) plus a motivating vision produces the highest levels of team innovation.
In the GRPI model of team effectiveness, which element must be established FIRST as the foundation for all other elements?
Answer: Goals — clear, shared objectives
The GRPI model (Goals, Roles, Processes, Interpersonal Relationships) holds that clearly defined shared goals are the foundation upon which roles, processes, and relationships are built.