ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Team formation, development and management
Which of the following best describes a key difference between a team and a group in an organisation?
A team has members who share a common goal and are mutually accountable for collective results, while a group may only share an interest, location or loose association. Size, formality and the presence of a leader do not reliably distinguish teams from groups.
- AA team has members who share a common goal and are mutually accountable for collective results, whereas a group may simply share an interest or locationCorrect
- BA group always has a formally appointed leader, whereas a team never has one
- CA team must contain more members than a group
- DA group is always formal, whereas a team is always informal
Explanation
Teams are distinguished by a shared objective, complementary skills and mutual accountability for joint output. Groups can be any collection of people with something in common. The other options state differences that are not true: leadership, size and formality do not separate the two concepts.
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