Cathy Has Just Been Appointed Leader of a New Work

question 41

Multiple Choice

Cathy has just been appointed leader of a new work team at Adelaide Antiques Corporation.She is wondering what to do at her first meeting with the group.Which of the following would you suggest?

• A) She should waste little time; get the team focused on the task.
• B) She should help the team clarify roles and responsibilities.
• C) She should allow time for team members to become acquainted with one another; allow for informal social interaction.
• D) She should let someone else worry about this since she is the leader.
• E) She should propose to disband the team.

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Definitions:

Sensory Acuity

The ability of the sensory systems to accurately detect and process stimuli.

Analogy

A comparison between two things that are similar in some respects, often used to explain or clarify a concept or a process.

Nerve Transmission

The process by which nerve cells (neurons) communicate with each other or with muscles, sending signals throughout the body.

Elaboration

The formation of a number of different connections around a stimulus at a given level of memory encoding.