Exam 6: Foundations of Group Behavior

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 programming. You have noticed that people have definite expectations about what their appropriate roles within the expanding company should be. -Sadiq 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. Sadiq suffers from role__________ .

There is no single reason why individuals join groups.

Individual decisions tend to be more creative than group decisions.

In the second stage of group development__________ .

According to the punctuated equilibrium model, groups tend to experience what for the first half of the project?

Which one of the following characteristics is not necessarily true about groups?

Explain groupthink and groupshift.

Discuss strengths and weaknesses of group decision making.

Individual decisions are more time consuming than group decisions.

Which of the following is likely to generate the least innovative alternatives?

The tasks in groups within an organization must be directed toward organizational goals.

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

Norms that dictate with whom group members eat lunch, friendships on and off the job, and social games are__________ norms.

The Hawthorne studies were initiated by Western Electric officials and later overseen by Harvard professor Elton Mayo.

Which of the following statements most accurately describes interest groups?

We all are usually required to play one role and our behavior stabilizes with that role.

Role identity is created by group pressure to conform.

Performance norms include things like appropriate dress and when to look busy.

Members in a group are interdependent.

Which is the stage of group development characterized by the development of close relationships and cohesiveness?