Question 1

Which team structure was said to result in teams that are most difficult for senior management to control?

1 point

Functional Team Structure

Lightweight Team Structure

Heavyweight Team Structure

Autonomous Team Structure

2.

Question 2

Questions are raised about senior management's degree of influence and control when heavyweight teams are utilized.

1 point

True

False

3.

Question 3

In a heavyweight team structure, functional managers are not responsible for what the team delivers.

1 point

True

False

4.

Question 4

Which team structure does not have a mechanism that links the functions together?

1 point

Functional Team Structure

Lightweight Team Structure

Heavyweight Team Structure

Autonomous Team Structure

5.

Question 5

What is not an advantage of having executive sponsorship?

1 point

Empowers the team

Allows functional managers to communicate issues directly to the team

Reassures executives regarding their control over the team

Reduces the likelihood of debilitating conflict

6.

Question 6

In a heavyweight team, accountability for product success is predominantly delegated to the team rather than remaining with senior managers.

1 point

True

False

7.

Question 7

The first and likely the most important capability that a heavyweight team leader must have is the ability to be the ultimate leader of that team.

1 point

True

False

8.

Question 8

How do you bring information from different functional areas together effectively in a heavyweight team?

1 point

By using senior managers

Sequentially across the functions

Interactively within the team

Delegating members to collect information relevant to their function

9.

Question 9

Dedicated teams are needed for innovation, because the "performance engine" (i.e., the mainstream organization) is not capable of effective innovation.

1 point

True

False

10.

Question 10

Several models for innovation (e.g., innovation = ideas + process) stumble when the innovation opportunity is non-routine and unpredictable (i.e., we can't look to the past to generate good predictions).

1 point

True

False

11.

Question 11

Which of the following approaches were suggested as effective models of innovation?

1 point

Innovation = ideas + motivation

Innovation = ideas + process

Innovation = ideas + leader + team + plan

All three approaches can be effective

12.

Question 12

Which is NOT a core component of Govindarajan & Trimble's model of innovation execution as described?

1 point

Idea generation

Dedicated team

Partnership with Shared Staff

Custom Plan

13.

Question 13

Which is NOT a criteria that indicates a need for separating work out to the dedicated team, according to the video?

1 point

Lack of needed work relationships between units and individuals

Power structure that does not fit needs of innovation initiative

Operational tempo that doesn't fit innovation needs

Executive leadership is not sufficiently supportive of innovation initiative

14.

Question 14

A key bias in staffing the dedicated team is over-estimating the impact of outsiders on its success.

1 point

True

False

15.

Question 15

Partly due to the popularity of Christensen's work on organizational separation, the research reported in the video tended to find that firm's "overscoped" the dedicated team.

1 point

True

False

16.

Question 16

Which is NOT indicated in the video as a way to manage the partnership between the dedicated team and shared staff?

1 point

Positive, persuasive, collaborative leadership style;

Ongoing support from senior leadership;

Hiring outsiders to break out of existing patterns

Appropriate processes & systems