Many characteristics of work teams can also be seen in sports teams. although sports teams-especially professional sports teams-often differ from work teams in important ways, they can be for illustrating the key features that contribute to a team's success.
read the following scenario and then answer the questions that follow. management in life
"last summer, patrick decided to join a bowling league with some colleagues from work. they formed a team and bowled together several times to get to know one another better. the week before the league started, the team had to come up with a name. during a meeting to discuss this, patrick and his teammate deborah got into a heated debate because o mike watson/moodboard/corbis patrick wanted their name to be "the lucky strikes," whereas deborah wanted the team name to be "the pin city pimps." while screaming at each other, it became clear that patrick thought he should be the team manager because he formed the team. deborah felt equally strongly that she should be team manager because she is the more experienced bowler.

which of the following methods would resolve the conflict about the name of the team?
have the entire team come up with several more alternative names to consider
appoint one person to decide what the team name should be.
avoid needless discussion about the team's goals and priorities and focus on selecting a name .
debate the two names until the entire team comes to a consensus.
as patrick and deborah argue about the team name, what stage of development does their bowling team seem to be in?
norming
storming
performing
forming