Acca paper F1 fia diploma in Accounting and Business Accountant in Business (AB/fab) exam kit

(Total: 4 marks) 
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(a)
 
CRU makes and sells garden furniture. The company is considering branching out into 
making household furniture and has set up a team to discuss how best to proceed 
with this new strategy. 
The team is chaired by A – she is currently co-ordinating the different team members 
and ensuring that they meet regularly and stick to the agreed agenda. She has 
recently appointed B to the team. B has not proven to be a popular addition to the 
team as she tends to criticise any ideas thought up by other team members – though 
she has yet to produce any new ideas herself. 
C is the main generator of ideas for the group. She has come up with designs for a 
wide range of possible products for CRU to make and sell. The other team member, 
D, has been put in charge of ensuring that the team’s goals are achieved on time and 
has chased other team members to ensure they complete agreed tasks on time. 
According to Belbin’s team roles theory, there are a number of roles that need to be 
fulfilled in any team, including: 
A Shaper 
B Plant 
C Leader 
D Monitor-evaluator 
E Resource-investigator 
F Team 
worker 
G Company 
worker 
H Finisher 
Required:
Identify which FOUR of the above have been filled within CRU’s project team by 
writing down FOUR letters from A-H. 
(0.5 marks each = 2 marks total) 
 
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(b) 
The managers of CRU are concerned that the team headed up by A is not working as 
effectively as possible. They are aware that, according to Tuckman’s stages of group 
development model, the team should progress through a number of key stages, 
including: 
A Norming 
B Storming 
C Dorming 
D Performing