Title: Team Success
Course: Demo 1

Q: ________ is the tendency to conform to group pressure in making decisions, while failing to think critically or to consider outside influences.
- Group dynamic
- Group cohesiveness
- Groupthink
A: Groupthink

Q: Successful teams require:
- inconsistent management
- volatile management
- supportive management
A: supportive management

Q: When hiring new managers, employers are looking for people with the ability to develop and sustain ________ because ________ is the chief cause of ineffective teamwork.
- productivity : lack of productivity
- consensus : inability to achieve consensus
- motivation : failure to maintain high levels of motivation
A: motivation : failure to maintain high levels of motivation

Q: “Groups are most effective when their members like being members of the group.” This is the principle of:
- team motivation
- groupthink
- group cohesiveness
A: group cohesiveness

Q: Which of the following is NOT a factor that typically contributes to successful teamwork?
- members work better together than individually
- members trust one another
- leadership remains consistent over time
A: leadership remains consistent over time

Q: Which of the following are factors that typically contribute to successful teamwork?
- members depend on each other
- members become boosters
- members work better individually than together
A: members depend on each other; members become boosters

Q: Teams can fail because of tasks team members do (or fail to do), as well as tasks that managers do (or fail to do). Which of the following are leading causes of team failure linked primarily to what MANAGERS do or don’t do effectively?
- failure to commit needed resources like funding or personnel
- failure to delegate authority and seek consensual decisions
- failure to cooperate on common goals and activities
A: failure to commit needed resources like funding or personnel; failure to delegate authority and seek consensual decisions