Exam 15: Effective Groups and Teams

A group of managers works very hard to be sure that they agree on important issues instead of working toward an accurate assessment of the situation.We say that this group suffers from:

The higher the cohesiveness of a group,the higher the ___________ in the group.

Discuss the five stages of group development.

The members of a cross-functional team have an informal agreement that whenever a team member goes out of town on business,that team member will leave a phone number where he can be reached by the other members of the team.This arrangement is known as:

When group members make separate,independent contributions to group performance,this is known as:

When group members are reciprocally interdependent,managers are advised to create large groups.

When the work of each group member is completely dependent on the work performed by the other group members,this is known as:

Another name for command groups is:

When the members of a group must perform their tasks in a specific order,this is known as:

To promote innovation,the manager's role is to closely direct or supervise the activities of the team members.

Whenever possible the composition of top-management teams should include diversity among team members.

The CEO of ABC Company forms a top-management team to develop the strategic marketing plan for the organization and selects as members those managers who possess very different expertise,skills,knowledge,and experience.We say that this group has been formed to be consistent with the principle of:

As a general rule,groups should have no more members than they need to achieve a division of labor and to provide the resources needed to accomplish the group's goals.

As group size increases,social loafing decreases.

Discuss how the use of groups and teams can help an organization to gain a competitive advantage.

Differentiate between friendship and interest group.Provide an example of each.

What are the factors that contribute to group cohesiveness,and what are its consequences? What advice would you give a manager about forming groups?

In groups with sequential task interdependence,motivation is highest when managers reward group members for their individual performance,rather than the group's performance.

All of the following are steps managers can take to ensure that self-managed work teams are effective and help an organization achieve its goals EXCEPT:

Sometimes formal groups are formed because the members feel that the group will help them achieve their own goals or meet their own needs.