Peter is the day-manager at a small proprietor-owned restaurant which used to be very successful
but has experienced declining revenue ever since a couple of competitors moved to the next
block. Most employees, including Peter, live the area and are very keen to have the restaurant
succeed. However, the proprietor seemed to be unaware of the threat posed by competitors. Peter
and some other long-time employees formed a group to come up with ideas to counter the
competition, which they then planned to present to the proprietor. This group would best be
described as a(n) __________ team.
Sharon and her boss, Melissa, are both members of a "product brainstorming" group at work.
Based on her past work experience, as well as the ideas she proposed, Sharon was elected head
of this group, whereas Melissa is a (just) a member. This shows ________ in the group.
"Chairperson of committee", "project lead of the team", "secretary of the group" are examples of
________.
The tendency of some group members to avoid doing work assigned to them, since they are sure
that some other group members would do the work eventually, is referred to as ______.Informal,
cross-functionalInformal, problem solvingFormal, problem solvingFormal, cross-functional.
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1. Peter is the day-manager at a small proprietor-owned restaurant which used to be very successful
but has experienced declining revenue ever since a couple of competitors moved to the next
block. Most employees, including Peter, live the area and are very keen to have the restaurant
succeed. However, the proprietor seemed to be unaware of the threat posed by competitors. Peter
and some other long-time employees formed a group to come up with ideas to counter the
competition, which they then planned to present to the proprietor. This group would best be
described as a(n) __________ team.
Sharon and her boss, Melissa, are both members of a "product brainstorming" group at work.
Based on her past work experience, as well as the ideas she proposed, Sharon was elected head
of this group, whereas Melissa is a (just) a member. This shows ________ in the group.
"Chairperson of committee", "project lead of the team", "secretary of the group" are examples of
________.
The tendency of some group members to avoid doing work assigned to them, since they are sure
that some other group members would do the work eventually, is referred to as ______.Informal,
cross-functionalInformal, problem solvingFormal, problem solvingFormal, cross-functional
