Team Processes

In Team Effectiveness Model

MCQs on Team Processes
1. Reflexivity a team characteristic of reflecting on and adjusting the
master plan when necessary.
2. Specific Goals successful teams translate their common purpose into
specific , measurable , and realistic performance goals.
3. A team's collective belief that they can succeed at their tasks is called
as Team Efficacy
4. A team member’s affinity for and sense of belongingness to his or her
team is called as Team Identity.
5. Team cohesion describes a situation in which members are
emotionally attached to one another.
MCQs on Team Processes
6. Mental Model Team members knowledge and beliefs about how the
work gets done by the team.
7. Conflicts based on interpersonal incompatibility , tension and
animosity towards other is called as Relationship conflict.
8. Task conflicts stimulate discussion , promote critical assessment of
problems and opinions.
9. When individual’s contribution in the group can't be identified Social
Loafing takes place.
10. Team processes is part of Team effectiveness model.
What are the variables of Team processes?
• Member commitment to common purpose
• Establishment of specific team goals
• Team efficacy
• Team identity
• Team cohesion
• Mental models
• Managed level of conflict
• Minimized social loafing
Common Plan and Purpose
• Effective teams begin by analyzing the team’s mission,
developing goals to achieve that mission, and create strategies
for achieving the goals
• Teams that constantly perform have clear sense of what needs
to be done & how.
Specific Goals
• Successful teams translate their Common purpose into Specific,
measurable and realistic performance goals.
• Specific Goals facilitate clear communication.

Team Efficacy
• Effective teams have confidence in themselves they believe
they can succeed.
Team Identity
• When people connect emotionally with the group they are in,
they are more likely to invest in their relationships with those
groups. It’s the same with teams.

Team Cohesion
• The team cohesion is described as a situation in which
members are emotionally attached to one another and
motivated toward the team because of their attachment.
Mental Models
• Team members knowledge and beliefs about how the work gets done by
the team.

Conflict Levels
• Conflict has a complex relationship with team performance and its
not necessarily bad.
• Relationship conflicts – those based on interpersonal
incompatibility , tension and animosity towards others.
• Task Conflicts – Stimulate discussions , promote critical assessment
of problems & options.
Social Loafing
• Individuals can engage in social loafing and coast on the group’s effort
when their contributions can’t be identified.
• Effective team members undermine this tendency making members
individually and jointly accountable for the teams’ purpose, goals and
approach.