In Your First Attempt at Managing a Work Team, You

question 13

Multiple Choice

In your first attempt at managing a work team, you failed miserably.Which of your behaviours would Hackman (1998) have labelled as a mistake that leaders make when creating and leading teams?

• A) You thought that even though team members were great individual performers, they would need more training on team-related skills.
• B) You managed the team members as an entire team instead of managing them as individual members.
• C) You gave up your authority to the team members, allowing them to attempt to delegate the work.
• D) You provided organizational support for the specific team goals.

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Definitions:

Reactance

A motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.

Gestalt Therapy

Gestalt Therapy is an experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment, the therapist-client relationship, and the environmental and social contexts of a person's life.

Perls

Refers to Fritz Perls, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist known for developing Gestalt therapy.

Tardive Dyskinesia

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