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After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
  1. Define teams and discuss their benefits and limitations.


  2. Explain why people are motivated to join informal groups.


  3. Diagram the team effectiveness model.


  4. Discuss how task characteristics, team size, and team composition influence team effectiveness.


  5. Summarize the team development process.


  6. Discuss how team norms develop and how they may be altered.


  7. List six factors that influence team cohesion.


  8. Describe the three foundations of trust in teams and other interpersonal relationships.


  9. Discuss the characteristics and factors required for success of self-directed teams and virtual teams.


  10. Identify four constraints on team decision making.


  11. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of four structures that potentially improve team decision making.








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