Exam 15: Effective Groups and Teams

A group of telephone operators in a telecommunications company who report to the same supervisor are part of a(n) _____.

The manager of a sales group has presented the weekly target on the number of sales her group must achieve. For this particular target to be achieved, she decides to reward the members of her group solely based on the number of sales each member makes. The type of task dependency that will exist in this case is _____.

As group cohesiveness increases, the extent of group members' participation within the group decreases.

Judy is a new member of her organization's research and development team. The weekly appraisal indicated that her output had dropped significantly when compared to her output when she worked individually. This behavior of Judy is called _____.

JME Manufacturing put together a group of employees from marketing, engineering, manufacturing, and quality control to come up with a new product idea. This is an example of a(n) _____ group.

To take advantage of the potential for synergy in groups, managers need to make sure that groups are composed of members who have complementary skills.

The CEO of ABC Company forms a top-management team to develop the strategic marketing plan for the organization and selects members who possess different expertise, skills, knowledge, and experience. The team, in this case, has been created with emphasis mainly on _____.

A group of machinists in a manufacturing plant who report to the same shop foreman is an example of:

All teams are groups, and all groups are teams.

Leaders that emerge naturally from a group are called informal leaders.

Team members within a particular group are generally more fixated on coming to a common, agreeable solution over accurately assessing the problems that the group is facing. This type of faulty group decision making is called _____.

Interest groups are informal groups composed of employees who enjoy one another's company and share similar recreational interests.

Task forces that are relatively permanent are referred to as:

A small group of marketers from different departments of an organization get together every Friday and go to lunch, where they discuss various topics. This is an example of:

During which stage of group development does group camaraderie begin to emerge?

Employees of self-managed work teams never have individual jobs and are completely committed to their team.

Which of the following statements is true of task forces?

The tendency of individuals to put in more effort when they work in groups than when they work alone is called social loafing.

_____ exists when group members must perform specific tasks in a predetermined order.

Managers at Clementiq Inc. established a group comprising engineers from Germany, Japan, and the United States for the design and manufacture of a new product for the organization. This is known as a(n) _____ team.