The department chair had allotted plenty of time for all department (and project) members to prepare sections of their five-year program review. Administration demanded no less than 50 pages be devoted to a thorough and thoughtful review of activities and goals. What happened to the report was anybody's guess no one had actually seen one or ever heard back from administration once they had submitted it. Most of the project team members thought the report was immediately sent to the steam tunnels running underneath the campus or perhaps it would sit collecting dust as part of a make-work program to justify an assistant VP's job. No wonder that team meetings were poorly attended and that all the sections of the report were filled with trite phrases and wide margins. This team suffers from:

A) tenure.

B) poorly developed goals.

C) poorly defined team interdependencies.

D) lack of motivation.

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Faith Weeks

Business

2 December, 11:20

The department chair had allotted plenty of time for all department (and project) members to prepare sections of their five-year program review. Administration demanded no less than 50 pages be devoted to a thorough and thoughtful review of activities and goals. What happened to the report was anybody's guess no one had actually seen one or ever heard back from administration once they had submitted it. Most of the project team members thought the report was immediately sent to the steam tunnels running underneath the campus or perhaps it would sit collecting dust as part of a make-work program to justify an assistant VP's job. No wonder that team meetings were poorly attended and that all the sections of the report were filled with trite phrases and wide margins. This team suffers from:

A) tenure.

B) poorly developed goals.

C) poorly defined team interdependencies.

D) lack of motivation.

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Chaim Turner · Answer 1

C - poorly defined team interdependence

Explanation:

"Interdependence is the principle behind team building that promotes cooperation on teams. A team with high interdependence experiences skill and information sharing to achieve synergy" (Crampton, 2013). Lack of communication and feedback from the administration department is the reason why the team lack interdependence. there was no structure given and therefore the colleagues had to rely on their thoughts and 'guess' what happened to the report. Poor attendence and 'trite phrases' is also a sign of lack of interdependence since there is no cooperation or information sharing. Team interdependence is the glue that holds the business together and a lack of it usually results in poor results and poor quality submissions.