Teams That Are Empowered to Take Responsibility for Acting Autonomously

question 19

Multiple Choice

Teams that are empowered to take responsibility for acting autonomously in order to complete identifiable pieces of work are referred to as

• A)formal groups.
• B)research and development teams.
• C)command groups.
• D)self-managed work teams.

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Definitions:

n Ach

Need for achievement, a motivational term in psychology that represents an individual's desire for significant accomplishment, mastering of skills, control, or high standards.

Work Motivation

The conditions and processes responsible for the arousal, direction, magnitude, and maintenance of effort of workers on the job.

Performance Enhancement

Techniques or substances used to improve any form of activity performance in humans.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

A psychological principle stating that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point, after which performance begins to decrease.