When composing collaborative messages, the best strategy is to
A) assign the writing task to one person or divide larger projects among multiple writers.
B) begin by letting all members do their own thing and then seeing what they all produce.
C) let all members use their own preferred software.
D) make the team as large as possible so that every possible area of expertise will be covered.
E) compose as a group.
Ques. 2Social networking technologies can help a company create virtual communities of practice that
A) allow employees to develop new workplace skills.
B) encourage disgruntled employees to vent their frustrations.
C) discourage socializing so that individual employees can get their work done.
D) discourage teamwork so individual employees can reach their full potential.
E) link employees to others with similar professional interests throughout the organization.
Ques. 3What are three potential disadvantages of working in teams?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4Writing for websites often involves the use of ________, which organize and control content and support teamwork.
A) wikis
B) shared workspaces
C) word processing software
D) content management systems
E) social networks
Ques. 5In the phenomenon of groupthink, the team may arrive at poor-quality decisions and even act unethically.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Ques. 6Group members who play team-maintenance roles help everyone to work better together.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Ques. 7Cross-functional teams perform several roles, even though they contain employees from the same department or division.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.