Table 8.3 Management Is Considering the Implementation of Teams in the Company

question 37

Multiple Choice

Table 8.3
Management is considering the implementation of teams in the company. Several issues come up during the initial discussion. First, should the teams be permanent or established simply for specific projects and terminated when the project is completed? Second, do we want self-managing teams, supervisor led teams, or a mix? Third issue, do we want teams within departments or should we use some cross-functional teams? The discussion concludes with a fourth issue, do we want teams focused on improving our processes or simply accomplishing the work we are already doing?
-Refer to Table 8.3. The fourth and final issue discussed relates to the ________ dimension of teams.

• A) time
• B) authority structure
• C) degree of autonomy
• D) purpose or mission

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Definitions:

Categorical Imperative

The moral principle proposed by Immanuel Kant that actions are morally right only if they can be universally applied as a general rule for behavior.

Categorical Imperative

A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel Kant as a way of evaluating motivations for action, stating that an action is morally right if it can be universally applied to everyone without contradiction.

Immanuel Kant

A German philosopher renowned for his work on the theory of ethics, particularly the concept of the categorical imperative, which asserts that actions are morally right if they can be universally applied.

Moral Stages

Describes the progression of moral reasoning and ethical behavior in humans, often conceptualized as a sequential development through specific stages.