Exam 9: Work Teams and Groups

A group's interpersonal compatibility may be assessed by examining which set of interpersonal needs?

Match the following: -Mutual Acceptance

In order to increase the speed of a group's performance, competitive rewards would have a better impact then cooperative rewards.

In the formation of effective groups, diversity is an important consideration. Which of the following is not a type of diversity in groups?

Task functions relate to a group's efforts to complete an assignment.These functions include all of the following except:

A group is a collection of two or more persons with common interests or objectives, whereas a team:

One of the contributing factors to the violent and aggressive acts that led to the riot that destroyed Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict in the early 1990s included:

The development of group cohesiveness is negatively influenced by:

The two sets of social benefits available to team or group members includes:

The notion that groups alternate between periods of inertia and bursts of energy as they develop is most consistent with:

Performance norms are among the most important group norms from the organization's perspective.

Quality teams are different from QCs in that they are less formal.

Employees must be properly focused through careful planning and preparation before the power of empowerment strikes.

Match the following: -Team

Distinguish between and provide examples of task and maintenance functions of groups.

Match the following: -Cohesiveness

Which of the following problems would a quality circle NOT likely concern itself?

Team diversity includes surface level and deep level diversity. Which of the following is not a surface level indicator of diversity?

Which of the following is NOT a maintenance function of a group?

All work teams are groups, but not all groups are work teams.