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A reserving team at a Mumbai insurer has a strong analyst who generates many creative ideas but often ignores deadlines and detail. Using Belbin's team roles, which role does the analyst chiefly display, and which complementary role would best address the weakness?

The analyst is a Plant, creative but careless with detail and deadlines. A Completer-Finisher, who is meticulous and attentive to deadlines, is the complementary role that best offsets this weakness in Belbin's framework.

  1. APlant; complemented by a Completer-FinisherCorrect
  2. BShaper; complemented by a Plant
  3. CMonitor-Evaluator; complemented by a Resource Investigator
  4. DImplementer; complemented by a Specialist
  5. Teamworker; complemented by a Shaper

Explanation

Belbin's Plant is creative and generates ideas but tends to neglect detail and practicalities. The Completer-Finisher is conscientious about detail and deadlines, so offsets this weakness. The other pairings misidentify the creative role or offer complements that do not address detail and timing.

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