Title: Concept of Authority Quiz
Course: PIM - Teaming 2: Self and Other-Awareness > Section: Cultural Dimensions Specific to Teams

Read the case study below and then respond to each question.

This quiz is interactive, so feel free to try questions multiple times by choosing alternate responses after reading feedback. You can also navigate between questions by using the Previous button.

Sudha, Emma, Wang, and Ahmed are working on a six-week team research project that requires collecting samples in local river sediment to study mineral content. They will have to send off the samples to a research lab for chemical analysis by the end of week 2 to ensure there's time for writing up their findings. The team has agreed that each member will collect two samples from specific spots around the county. They also agreed that Wang would be team leader.

Toward the end of Week 1, Sudha and Ahmed are both quarantined for COVID-19 for two weeks and can't contribute to sample collection. Messages are flying on the team chat, as Wang's phone shows:

(The phone chat appears as an image. Keep scrolling down if you would like the text only version of the graphic. )

Text of phone chat:

 -       Sudha: This sucks -- just got quarantined! I can’t get samples. Can someone cover?

 -       Ahmed: #quarantinesucks! Same deal with me. Maybe we had the same contact. Wang, what’s the plan?

 -       Wang: If we split the work, Emma and I can get 4 samples each.

 -       Emma: I’ve got 2 exams and a paper due next week. Let’s tell Gina what’s up and see if we can go with fewer samples or get an extension.

 -       Ahmed: You mean Dr. Pierre? She said at least 8 samples. And I hear she doesn’t like extensions.

 -       Emma: Gina, Dr. Pierre, whatever. She seems chill.

 -       Sudha: What if Ahmed and I email her separately to explain we’re quarantined, then Emma or Wang, one of you ask her what to do? And yeah, this sucks for us all.

 -       Wang: I don’t like asking professors for favors, but we all want a good grade. We’ll go with Sudha’s idea. Contact Dr. Pierre tonight, and I’ll email her tomorrow morning. Don’t get sick, everyone!