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Which of the following best distinguishes a team from a mere group of people working together?

A team differs from an ordinary group because its members share a common goal, bring complementary skills and hold mutual accountability for the results. Simply sharing a room, supervisor or identical tasks makes a group, not a team, because there is no joint responsibility for outcomes.

  1. AMembers share a common goal and have complementary skills and mutual accountability for resultsCorrect
  2. BMembers work in the same room and report to the same supervisor
  3. CMembers have identical skills and perform the same tasks independently
  4. DMembers are selected by the HR department rather than by the manager

Explanation

A team is a group whose members have complementary skills, a shared objective and joint accountability for results. Sharing a location or supervisor, as in the distractors, describes a group but does not create a team. Identical skills and independent tasks indicate a collection of individuals rather than a team.

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