SCENARIO 5-3 Several Years Ago,Ted Brown Began a Small Retail Store That

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SCENARIO 5-3
Several years ago,Ted Brown began a small retail store that sells computer parts.The store grew and the business expanded to offer computer repair and custom computer programming.Clients have expanded beyond walk-in customers to include small and medium-sized businesses.To accommodate this expansion,Ted had to hire additional personnel.Ted's new employees need to understand what their roles and those of others within the expanding company should be.

-Referring to SCENARIO 5-3,Ted can help his new employees understand their roles and the roles of others by explaining some common facts about roles.He explained to them that

• A)each person will be expected to play a number of diverse roles and complete the tasks of some other members.
• B)teams do not expect members to be flexible enough to play multiple roles,because most people do not have the ability to shift roles rapidly even after training.
• C)role expectations are how people perceive their own given role.
• D)it may be helpful to view role expectations through the perspective of a psychological contract.
• E)individuals will be expected to take on individual roles that may or may not be helpful for keeping the team on task.

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