UCSD MGT 18 MIDTERM 2025
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
What components are necessary for team effectiveness according to Hackman? -
ANSWERS-Must be a real team with enabling structure and compelling
difference, working under a supportive organizational context with expert coaching
QUESTION 2
What are what Hackman say are the 6 biggest misconceptions about teams? -
ANSWERS-That harmony helps, changes in membership are good, bigger is
better, you don't need to be face-to-face, that success depends on leadership, and
that teams are magical
QUESTION 3
What are Tuckman's 5 phases of Group Development Theory? - ANSWERS-
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning
QUESTION 4
What are Lencioni's 5 dysfunctions of a team? - ANSWERS-Absence of trust, fear
of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results
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QUESTION 5
What are Task Roles? - ANSWERS-Address group productivity and goal
achievement
Initiator, opinion seeker, integrator, facilitator, energizer, devil's advocate, recorder
QUESTION 6
What are Maintenance Roles? - ANSWERS-Relate to group cohesion, intricate
group behavior and maturity
encourager, harminozer, tension reliever, gate keeper, feelings expresser
QUESTION 7
What are Dysfunctional Roles? - ANSWERS-disruptive roles that detract from
productivity and cohesion, prevent group development and maturity
Blocker, isolater, dominator, controller, recognition seeker, clown, cynic
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QUESTION 8
According to Katzenbach and Smith, what is not an important characteristic of a
team? - ANSWERS-Compatible personalities
QUESTION 9
According to Katzenbach and Smith, a team cannot "own" its purpose unless
management leaves it alone to be autonomous, true or false? - ANSWERS-False
QUESTION 10
Should you regularly mix up the people on a team? - ANSWERS-No
QUESTION 11
What do Edmonson and Rolof say can be a way to fix how diversity in the
workplace can often impede performance and learning (due to communication
barriers, etc?) - ANSWERS-Feeling psychologically safe
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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
What components are necessary for team effectiveness according to Hackman? -
ANSWERS-Must be a real team with enabling structure and compelling
difference, working under a supportive organizational context with expert coaching
QUESTION 2
What are what Hackman say are the 6 biggest misconceptions about teams? -
ANSWERS-That harmony helps, changes in membership are good, bigger is
better, you don't need to be face-to-face, that success depends on leadership, and
that teams are magical
QUESTION 3
What are Tuckman's 5 phases of Group Development Theory? - ANSWERS-
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning
QUESTION 4
What are Lencioni's 5 dysfunctions of a team? - ANSWERS-Absence of trust, fear
of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results
END OF
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, UCSD MGT 18 MIDTERM 2025
QUESTION 5
What are Task Roles? - ANSWERS-Address group productivity and goal
achievement
Initiator, opinion seeker, integrator, facilitator, energizer, devil's advocate, recorder
QUESTION 6
What are Maintenance Roles? - ANSWERS-Relate to group cohesion, intricate
group behavior and maturity
encourager, harminozer, tension reliever, gate keeper, feelings expresser
QUESTION 7
What are Dysfunctional Roles? - ANSWERS-disruptive roles that detract from
productivity and cohesion, prevent group development and maturity
Blocker, isolater, dominator, controller, recognition seeker, clown, cynic
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, UCSD MGT 18 MIDTERM 2025
QUESTION 8
According to Katzenbach and Smith, what is not an important characteristic of a
team? - ANSWERS-Compatible personalities
QUESTION 9
According to Katzenbach and Smith, a team cannot "own" its purpose unless
management leaves it alone to be autonomous, true or false? - ANSWERS-False
QUESTION 10
Should you regularly mix up the people on a team? - ANSWERS-No
QUESTION 11
What do Edmonson and Rolof say can be a way to fix how diversity in the
workplace can often impede performance and learning (due to communication
barriers, etc?) - ANSWERS-Feeling psychologically safe
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