Given below are seven items. Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses.

Question

You are handling a time-bound project. During the project review meeting, you find that the project is likely to get delayed due to lack of cooperation of the team members. You would.

(a) Warn the team members for their noncooperation.

(b) Look into reasons for non-cooperation.

(c) Ask for the replacement of team members.

(d) Ask for extension of time citing reasons.

Answer 1

(b) (a) Warning the team - members for their noncooperation would not yield much results. It is not so easy to change other.

(b) If we can look into reasons for their noncooperation; we have a chance to rectify the situation.

(c) A negative approach. There is no guarantee that the next set of team members will be cooperative.

(d) This is slightly negative. Extending the time will not change the attitude of the team members.