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cmoore54

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Compare team development in an organization to sports such as baseball, football, and basketball.
 
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Member behaviors that directly help the group solve its problem _____.
 
  a. include harmonizing and compromising behavior
  b. are maintenance functions
  c. are not appropriate member roles
  d. should be practiced primarily by the formal leader
  e. are referred to as task functions



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Answer to Question 1

Sports, such as baseball, football, and basketball, provide some useful parallels for understanding the workings of teams in other types of organizations. Organizations can use sport teams as a model for their organization. Baseball is a game where team member contributions are somewhat independent of each other. Players are separated geographically and each player comes to bat one at a time. Football involves sequential interdependence where there is a flow of plays. The players are closer geographically than baseball and there is a greater degree of interdependence. Players are normally grouped together functionally (i.e., offense and defense) and do not contact one another. All players on the field are involved in every play. Basketball exhibits the highest degree of interdependence. The players are closely grouped together and the team moves together on the court. Each player is likely to contact any other player. All players are involved in offense, defense, and trying to score.

Answer to Question 2

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