Find in the text and in table 1 English equivalents of these words and phrases.

3. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

a) Work teams are supposed to increase individual and organizational success.

b) The concept of teams is broader than that of groups.

c) Individuals in a group have a common goal and are mutually accountable.

d) Team members share leadership and make collective work products.

e) An effective work team can be exemplified by the sales force at Gwatney Chevrolet in Memphis.

f)Members of a work group are paid for individual performance.

g) The success of EDS’s project teams is mostly determined by the skills of individual performers.

h) Specialists working in EDS’s project teams are mutually dependent.

4. Answer the questions.

a) Why are the concepts of groups and teams believed to be conceptually different?

b) What are the main characteristics of a group?

c) What distinguishes teams from groups?

d) What examples of successful work groups and successful work teams does the text provide?

e) In what way does the work of the sales force at Gwatney Chevrolet differ from that of the EDS project teams?

f) What is the best way to picture any work group?

5. Compare groups (A) and teams (B) in writing. Use table 1 and the key words and phrases to help you.

A: to communicate; to share a collective identity; to have a common goal (objective / purpose); individual work products; individual accountability; individual-centered leadership; to be managed individually; to be paid for individual performance; minimal collaboration.

Table 1

B: to enhance individual and organizational success; the highest productivity results; complementary skills; to be committed to a common purpose (goals / objectives); common approach; mutually accountable; to share leadership roles; to create collective work products; in a highly collaborative fashion; to be evaluated on the final performance of the overall team effort.

Text 3

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