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MBA HR Principles of Management — practice questions

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A group with a shared purpose, matching skills and joint accountability is best described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is one of the defining marks of a team?Read the answer and worked solution →Members bringing different but matching abilities to a team is called having:Read the answer and worked solution →The advice to select team members for their skill and skill potential rather than their:Read the answer and worked solution →Setting demanding performance standards and direction at the start is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which stage of team development is described as the polite stage?Read the answer and worked solution →The stage where members vie for leadership and test group processes is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A team that is fully self-directed and getting results has reached the stage called:Read the answer and worked solution →The four stages of team development, in order, are:Read the answer and worked solution →A manager balancing support with confrontation among members is managing:Read the answer and worked solution →Balancing managerial authority with the team's own discretion is one of the manager's:Read the answer and worked solution →The three points in the relationship triangle a manager must balance are the manager, the individual and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Managing the space between a team and outside forces is called managing the team's:Read the answer and worked solution →Teams made up of members from different backgrounds tend to:Read the answer and worked solution →Diverse teams are better at decision-making partly because they tend to focus more on:Read the answer and worked solution →Research links greater management diversity to higher:Read the answer and worked solution →For gender diversity to lift innovation, the study found it must go beyond:Read the answer and worked solution →A difficulty multicultural teams face when members speak different first languages is:Read the answer and worked solution →Cultures differing in how bluntly people speak creates the challenge of:Read the answer and worked solution →Team members from cultures that treat rank very differently create the challenge of:Read the answer and worked solution →The ability to work well across cultural differences is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the team marksRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the team stagesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the team gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the team wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Early or late stageRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the team challengesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Teamwork bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A group with a shared purpose, matching skills and joint accountability is best described as a:

  1. Team
  2. Tier
  3. Term
  4. Tally
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Correct answer: A. Team

1. Members hold one another accountable. 2. Their skills complement each other. 3. This describes a team. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 15, Managing Teams._

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Which is one of the defining marks of a team?

  1. Minimum admission
  2. Mutual accountability
  3. Monthly attendance
  4. Managerial assessment
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Correct answer: B. Mutual accountability

1. Members answer to each other, not only upward. 2. It sits alongside shared purpose and skills. 3. It is mutual accountability. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 15, Managing Teams._

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Members bringing different but matching abilities to a team is called having:

  1. Complementary skills
  2. Complimentary skills
  3. Compulsory skills
  4. Comparable skills
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Correct answer: A. Complementary skills

1. No one member holds every ability. 2. Together the skills fit into a whole. 3. They are complementary skills. _Source: OpenStax Principles of Management, Chapter 15, Managing Teams._

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