Exam 7: Understanding Group and Team Behaviour

"Social loafing" is possible within a team because it is not possible to identify individual contributions.

Quality Timber Pty Ltd is a well established logging company,with below- average performance their packaging department is consistently behind schedule.Employees often take long lunch breaks and frequently stop to chat with coworkers.However,the employees get along very well and frequently spend time together,even outside of work

All group members can be said to be actors,each playing a role.

Several years ago you began a small retail store to sell computer parts.The store grew and the business expanded to offer computer repair and custom computer programming.You have noticed that people have definite expectations about what their appropriate role within the expanding company should be. John is expected to help customers in the retail store as well as perform computer repair work.He feels that every time he gets started on a repair,he is interrupted and doesn't know whether to finish his repair or wait on the customer.John suffers from:

The role of the "linker" describes the person within the work team who coordinates and integrates the work of team members.

Social alliances based on support for Australian Rules Football is an example of a group.

The most common class of norms are social arrangement norms.

After which stage of a group's development is there a relatively clear hierarchy of leadership within the group?

Discuss strengths and weaknesses of group decision making.

If your group must take action,which size should be most effective?

After which stage of a group's development has the group formed a common set of expectations of member behaviours?

A group must have at least two members and one or more objectives.

groups are defined by the organisation's structure.

Quality Timber Pty Ltd is a well established logging company,with below- average performance their packaging department is consistently behind schedule.Employees often take long lunch breaks and frequently stop to chat with coworkers.However,the employees get along very well and frequently spend time together,even outside of work If new members were introduced into the packaging department then cohesiveness of the original group would likely _ .

Fuse Pty Ltd is a human resource consulting firm.From Monday thru to Thursdays,the consultants typically have filled schedules meeting with clients and making calls to set up appointments.In contrast,their Fridays are generally fairly relaxed they tend to spend a fair amount of time socialising with their fellow consultants.As a professional consultancy,all the employees in the firm dress fairly formally in full business attire. Jane is a new consultant at the firm.Although there is no written rule for work attire,Jane dresses fairly formally.This is most likely because of:

Using the five- stage model of group development,in the second stage of group development:

If a low- to- medium ability person dominates the group,the group's overall effectiveness will suffer.

Which one of the following characteristics is not part of a definition of a group?

Of the nine key roles on teams,the "promoter" is the group member most likely to:

Research on group size concludes that groups with an even number of members tend to be preferred over those with an odd number.