Summary: Work Group Psychology

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  • 1 Team Composition and Task Interdependence

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  • What are the three team dimensions suggested in the article of "beyond team types and taxonomies?

    Skill differentiation
    Authority differentiation
    Temporal stability
  • What could be a fourth dimension, when thinking about the different team dimensions from "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

    Virtuality
  • What dimension in "beyond team types and taxonomies" is described as: can everybody on the team perform all the tasks or are the team members specialized in some shape or form?

    Skill differentiation
  • What dimension in "beyond team types and taxonomies" is described as: who gets to make decisions when disagreements arise or how are decisions made?

    Authority differentiation
  • What dimension in "beyond team types and taxonomies" is described as: how long has the team been working together?

    Temporal stability
  • What is use of using dimensions, instead of categorical team types in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

    (ambiguous) Team specifics might mean different things -> dimensions is underlying principle
    (rigid) New team types emerge, other wither -> dimensions deals with change

    Being able to clearly describe a team allow us to understand strengths and weaknesses, as well as adopt to the team in case problems emerge
  • Can you give an example of a low end and high end skill differentiation team in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

    Low end: Technicians
    High end: Surgical team
  • Can you give an example of a low end and high end authority differentiation team in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

    Low end: self-managing teams
    High end: traditional work teams, judge-advisor team
  • Can you give an example of a low end and high end temporal stability team in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

    Low end: student teams
    High end: long-term project teams
  • What problems could arise in high skill differentiation teams in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

    Problems with communicating

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