Sasha Leads a Research Team of Engineers and Found Herself

question 66

Multiple Choice

Sasha leads a research team of engineers and found herself in the midst of a battle between coalitions, each with its own solution to a challenge the team faced. Sasha would be best served by following which of these courses of action?

• A) Sasha should collect information both sides and decide herself which is the best approach.
• B) Sasha should ask parties from both sides to solve the problem in whatever way they can.
• C) Sasha should find a mediator to solve the problem.
• D) Sasha should encourage both teams to engage in affective conflict to solve the problem.
• E) Sasha should use a collaborative method in which she establishes a goal around which the entire group can rally.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure indicating the amount of variation or dispersion from the average in a set of data.

Standardize

The process of making values comparable by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation.

Variable

An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change; it is a characteristic of interest in statistical analysis.

Normal Random Variable

A normal random variable is a variable whose values are distributed according to the normal distribution, characterized by its mean and standard deviation.