Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Managers can stimulate cohesiveness in teams by encouraging people to have face-to-face exchanges at work. 
2. While individuals prefer to have measurable goals as well as feedback about their performance, this is not required for teams since goals and feedback can be generated from within. 
3. Mutual trust and commitment are developed within a team because members are mutually accountable to a supervisor. 
4. Generally speaking, the optimal team size is considered to be 12 to 15 members. 

Answer 1

1. TRUE
An important characteristic of teams is cohesiveness, the tendency of a group or team to stick together. Managers can stimulate cohesiveness by encouraging people to have face-to-face exchanges at work.
2. FALSE
As an individual, you no doubt prefer to have measurable goals and to have feedback about your performance. The same is true with teams. Teams are individuals organized for a collective purpose that needs to be defined in terms of specific, measurable performance goals with continual feedback to tell team members how well they are doing.
3. FALSE
Being mutually accountable to other members of the team rather than to a supervisor makes members feel mutual trust and commitment—a key part in motivating members for team effort.
4. FALSE
Whereas in some flat-organization structures groups may consist of 30 or more employees, teams seem to range in size from 2-16 people, with those of 5-12 generally being the most workable and 5-6 considered optimal.