Leadership Assessment Team Building and Motivation 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: According to Tuckman's model of team development, what are the correct stages in order?
- Forming, Norming, Storming, Performing
- Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing (Correct answer)
- Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing
- Norming, Forming, Storming, Performing
Correct answer: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Tuckman's model progresses through Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing, with Adjourning added later as a fifth stage.
Question 2: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs suggests that leaders should:
- Focus only on financial compensation
- Address lower-level needs before higher-level motivators become effective (Correct answer)
- Treat all employees with identical motivational strategies
- Ignore individual differences in motivation
Correct answer: Address lower-level needs before higher-level motivators become effective
Maslow's model shows that basic physiological and safety needs must be met before employees respond to esteem or self-actualization motivators.
Question 3: What is the primary purpose of a team charter?
- To document individual performance goals
- To establish team purpose, norms, roles, and operating agreements (Correct answer)
- To outline the company's financial strategy
- To assign blame for past failures
Correct answer: To establish team purpose, norms, roles, and operating agreements
A team charter creates shared clarity about the team's mission, expectations, and working norms, reducing ambiguity and conflict.
Question 4: Which motivation theory distinguishes between 'hygiene factors' and 'motivators'?
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- Vroom's Expectancy Theory
- Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory (Correct answer)
- McClelland's Theory of Needs
Correct answer: Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory
Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory identifies hygiene factors (preventing dissatisfaction) and motivators (driving engagement), emphasizing that the absence of hygiene factors causes dissatisfaction.
Question 5: A leader who assigns stretch assignments to team members is primarily aiming to:
- Overwhelm and stress employees
- Foster growth, skill development, and increased engagement (Correct answer)
- Reduce the leader's own workload
- Test employees before termination
Correct answer: Foster growth, skill development, and increased engagement
Stretch assignments challenge employees beyond their current comfort zone, accelerating development and boosting motivation through meaningful challenges.
Question 6: In Vroom's Expectancy Theory, 'valence' refers to:
- An employee's belief that effort leads to performance
- An employee's belief that performance leads to a reward
- The value an employee places on a specific reward (Correct answer)
- The leader's assessment of team capability
Correct answer: The value an employee places on a specific reward
Valence is the subjective value an individual assigns to a reward — motivation is only high when the reward matters to the person.
Leadership Assessment Team Building and Motivation 1
According to Tuckman's model of team development, what are the correct stages in order?