Scenario $-$ Malcolm Bagget

Use the scenario below to answer questions $16-18.$

Malcolm Bagget has been working as a production employee for the last three years. His firm is currently undergoing a change in structure with a new management group and the production department is being restructured. Each production employee will be assigned to a small six$-$member production team. Malcolm is looking forward to the extensive cross training that has been promised and is looking forward to enjoying more power and discretion than he has had in the past. In addition to skill training, Malcolm is receiving management training in team building.

$16.$ Malcolm has developed strong task skills and has normally taken the role of task specialist. His task specialist behaviors will include all of the following EXCEPT.

A$.$ initiating.

b$.$ summarizing.

C$.$compromising.

d$.$energizing.

e$.$ All of these are included as task specialist behaviors.

$17.$ One of Malcolm's co$-$workers, Danny Newcomber, is great at reducing tension by telling jokes and in other ways drawing off emotions when the group atmosphere is tense, Additionally, Danny can be counted on to energize by stimulating the team into action when the interest drops. Danny is demonstrating which of these?

a$.$ The task specialist role

b$.$ The task and socioemotional role

c$.$ The sociocmotional role

d$.$ The participator role

e$.$ None of these

$18.$ When Malcolm's team encounters the establishment of order and cohesion with the leader helping to clarify team roles and values, then his team is in the developmental stage of team development of

A foming

b$.$ storming

c$.$ norming

d$.$performing.

E$.$ adjouming