What is a difference between a work group and a work team Select one.

A work group’s purpose is to share information so that members can perform within their individual accountability; synergy is neutral. A work team, in contrast, depends on coordinated effort, collective performance goals, and positive synergy that makes the whole greater than the sum of parts.

A. The statement reverses the true relationship between groups and teams.

C. Both groups and teams may possess complementary skills; the key difference is performance synergy, not skill complementarity.

D. Teams maintain both individual and mutual accountability; absence of accountability applies to neither.

1. Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. Organizational Behavior, 19e, Pearson, 2023, pp. 329-330.

2. Thompson, L. L. Making the Team, 6e, Pearson, 2018, pp. 5-7.

3. Katzenbach, J. R. & Smith, D. K. (1993). The Wisdom of Teams, Harvard Business School Press, Ch. 1.