The HR department at Basic Elements, a software development firm, ...

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The HR department at Basic Elements, a software development firm, has begun testing employee personality and preferences to reorganize their teams such that team members and leaders are matched.
 
  They believe that this will enable them to ensure smooth functioning and greater cohesion. As a part of this test, employees were given the least preferred co-worker questionnaire. The employees were asked to think of all the co-workers they had in the past and describe the one they least enjoyed working with by rating that person on a scale of 1 to 8 for each of 16 sets of contrasting adjectives. Rachel's LPC score was high, while Victor's was low. Many employees like Ashley had LPC scores that were moderate. Interpret and compare the results of Rachel, Victor, and Ashley.
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

GoAir, a low-cost airline, has created a team made up of employees from production, planning, quality control, tooling, design engineering, and information systems to automate the company's C-17 program.
 
  This team is most likely to be an example of a ________ team.
  A) command
  B) cross-functional
  C) self-managed work
  D) problem-solving
  E) task

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Answer to Question 1

The fact that Rachel's LPC score was high means that she described the person she was least able to work with in favorable terms. Victor's low LPC score reflects that he rated his least preferred co-worker in unfavorable terms. Thus, we can say that Rachel is relationship-oriented, while Victor is task-oriented. Ashley's LPC score, being in the middle range, cannot be interpreted as her preference falls beyond the range of the predictions of Fiedler contingency model.

Answer to Question 2

B
Explanation: B) Cross-functional teams are teams made up of employees from about the same hierarchical level but different work areas who come together to accomplish a task. They are an effective means of allowing people from diverse areas to exchange information, develop new ideas, solve problems, and coordinate complex projects.