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What defines a team according to Professor Leigh Thompson?
What defines a team according to Professor Leigh Thompson?
- Individuals seeking to achieve individual goals.
- People interdependent in terms of information and skills working towards a common goal. (correct)
- Individuals with separate resources working together.
- A group of people working independently.
How does the performance of a team differ from that of a working group?
How does the performance of a team differ from that of a working group?
- A team's performance is based on collective work products, while a working group is based on individual actions only. (correct)
- A team's performance is solely based on individual results.
- Working groups have collective work products unlike teams.
- A team's performance is not impacted by collective work products.
In what way are team members interdependent?
In what way are team members interdependent?
- They combine their efforts to achieve a common goal. (correct)
- They have separate resources and information.
- They work towards individual goals.
- They work independently without relying on each other.
What aspect does a team's performance encompass?
What aspect does a team's performance encompass?
What is the fundamental difference between groups and teams?
What is the fundamental difference between groups and teams?