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LCritchfi · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Team member roles have been identified as fitting into three categories of roles: group task roles, group maintenance roles, and self-oriented roles. Which of the following is considered to be a self-oriented role?

a. Watches the internal operations of the group and provides feedback on how the participants are doing and ways to improve their involvement
b. Seeks attention, boasts about accomplishments and capabilities
c. Offers information, viewpoints, and suggestions about the chosen problem or task
d. Stimulates the group to higher levels of achievement and a better quality of work

Question 2

An interdisciplinary team is assigned to work on patient safety concerns for the pediatric unit on a large urban not-for-profit hospital.

Two of the team members are complaining that one nurse is taking charge and assigning duties to everybody randomly without consulting any of the other nurses on the team. One nurse pushes back and says, You can't tell me what to do. You are not my manager Which stage of group process is the team in? a. norming c. informing
b. forming d. storming

LP · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Common team member roles can be grouped into three categories: group task roles, group maintenance roles, and self-oriented roles. The self-oriented roles are concerned with personal needs of the group members and may sometimes negatively impact the effectiveness of the group as a whole. Four types of roles are seen in this category: 1) aggressordeflates the contribution of the group by attacking their ideas or displaying excessive competitiveness, 2) blockerhas a tendency to be negative, stubborn, or resistant to new ideas, 3) recognition seekerseeks attention, boasts about accomplishments and capabilities, and 4) dominatortries to assert control through manipulation or using flattery, giving orders, or interrupting others.

Answer to Question 2

D
The first stage of the team process as described by Tuckman and Jensen (1977) is the forming stage, where the team is created and meets for the first time. The second stage of team development is the storming stage, where opposing opinions or interpersonal agendas or issues can surface, increasing the potential for conflict or uneasiness (as noted in the above scenario). This is a natural part of team formation and should be expected whenever people from a variety of disciplines, specialties, and experiences work together. The third stage is the norming stage, where a feeling of group cohesion occurs. The fourth stage is performing, where the team comes together to achieve group goals, and the final stage is adjourning, where termination and consolidation occur.