UCSD MGT 18 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ T or F: A well managed dispersed team gets more results than
well managed team that meets face to face.
Answer: True
◉ What are characteristics of a dispersed team (4)?
Answer: 1. Spatially or geographically separated.
2. Temporally separated (different time zones)
3. Configurationally uneven
4. Culturally diverse
◉ T or F: Studies show that tea members in the same building but on
different floors perform worse than teams with greater degrees of
geographical dispersion.
Answer: True
◉ What is the heart of the destructive cycle?
Answer: Individual/private objectives
◉ What stage is the moment of truth for team development?
, Answer: Storming
◉ How do you find leadership in unexpected places?
Answer: Look for people with the most credibility
◉ What forms tools of leadership (6)?
Answer: 1. Team composition
2. Development
3. Team Meetings
4. Roles (constructive and debilitating)
5. Conflict management
6. Leadership
◉ Name 4 stages of team building and what their processes and
outputs are.
Answer: 1. Forming: Process - Trust Building and Output -
Cohesiveness
2. Storming: Process - Communication and Output - Decision
3. Norming: Process - Organization and Output - Action Plan
4. Performing: Process - Collaboration and Output - Results
◉ What strategies do you use in order to avoid failure in a team (3)?
GUIDE WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ T or F: A well managed dispersed team gets more results than
well managed team that meets face to face.
Answer: True
◉ What are characteristics of a dispersed team (4)?
Answer: 1. Spatially or geographically separated.
2. Temporally separated (different time zones)
3. Configurationally uneven
4. Culturally diverse
◉ T or F: Studies show that tea members in the same building but on
different floors perform worse than teams with greater degrees of
geographical dispersion.
Answer: True
◉ What is the heart of the destructive cycle?
Answer: Individual/private objectives
◉ What stage is the moment of truth for team development?
, Answer: Storming
◉ How do you find leadership in unexpected places?
Answer: Look for people with the most credibility
◉ What forms tools of leadership (6)?
Answer: 1. Team composition
2. Development
3. Team Meetings
4. Roles (constructive and debilitating)
5. Conflict management
6. Leadership
◉ Name 4 stages of team building and what their processes and
outputs are.
Answer: 1. Forming: Process - Trust Building and Output -
Cohesiveness
2. Storming: Process - Communication and Output - Decision
3. Norming: Process - Organization and Output - Action Plan
4. Performing: Process - Collaboration and Output - Results
◉ What strategies do you use in order to avoid failure in a team (3)?
