Team Composition and Task Interdependence

27 important questions on Team Composition and Task Interdependence

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
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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

What problems could arise in high authority skill differentiation teams in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

Dissatisfied floor staff because of lack of voice or say

What problems could arise in high temporal stability teams in "beyond team types and taxonomies"?

Group thinking, low creativity, routines and bad habits

What are the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions"?

Affective states
Behavioral states
Cognitive states

In the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions", what is described as: team members' feelings and attitudes towards the team and its tasks?

Affective states

In the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions", what is described as: team members' interdependent behaviors that translate inputs?

Behavioral states

In the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions", what is described as: team members' structure of knowledge organization, collective perception, and information acquisition?

Cognitive states

In the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions", what is described as: team cohesion, trust, emotion and mood, efficacy, and conflict?

Affective states

In the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions", what is described as: capabilities, materials, resources, products?

Behavioral states

In the ABC's of team work in "Bell et al, 2018 - team compositions", what is described as: team learning, shared mental models?

Cognitive states

What are the four foundational concepts of team composition?


1. Types of team members attributes

- Surface-level attributes (biodemographic diversity)
- Deep-level attributes (personality traits, abilities)
2. Level of operationalization
- Compositional: equal weights for all team members
- Compilational: allows for different weigths across team members
3. Context
- Salience
- Relevance
- Desirability
4. Temporal considerations
- multiple team members
- team composition van change over time

To what refers: the extend to which employees depend on other members of their group to carry out work effectively in "task interdependence"?

Task interdependence

What is meant with OCB in "task interdependence"?

Organizational Citizenschip Behavior (also known as helping behavior)

True or false: in tasks high on task interdependence, helping (OCB) is positively associated with group performance? in "task interdependence"

True

True or false: in tasks low on task interdependence, high and low levels of helping were associated with high levels of group performance? in "task interdependence"

False - they are associated with lower levels of group performance

Why is helping behavior associated with low levels of group performance in tasks low on task interdependence  in tasks low on task interdependence in "task interdependence"?


Helping may not be benificial in tasks low on task interdependence, becuase it takes away members' feelings of control and motivation, it migth even be seen as an insult

Saavedra et al. (1993) proposes different types of task interdependence groups, what are the four different types?

Pooled (independent workflow)
Sequential (one-way workflow)
Reciprocal (two-way workflow)
Team (simultaneous multi-directional work flow)

Saavedra et al. (1993) proposes; pooled, sequential, reciprocal and team as four different interdependence group types, can you give examples of teams for each of the types?

Pooled (an NGO fundraising via door-to-door visits, sales team)
Sequential (a airline getting passengers from A to B, assembly line)
Reciprocal (product development team, film production)
Team (social workers team, firefighter team)

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