Exam 9: Group Development and Team Building

A major advantage of groups is that they provide an opportunity for members to satisfy security and relationship needs.

What are some variables that affect group effectiveness?

Which of the following statements is true?

Informal groups are those formed by the management of an organization.

A limitation of groups is that they can encourage social loafing.

In groups, every member is allowed total responsibility for the project.

According to the systems concept, a change in one organizational element is likely to affect other elements.

New organizational initiatives and goals are examples of internal change forces.

The more alike group members are in age, background, value systems, education, and personality type, the more similarly they see things.

The stage of group development in which the group determines role expectations is the ____ stage.

A team is a collection of people who must rely on group cooperation to achieve its goals.

An example of an internal force change would be shifting the goal of an organization from short-run profit to long-term growth.

Which of the following would be an example of an external change force?

Changing an organization's structure involves:

Being a member of a high performing, problem solving task force brings out feelings of insecurity in individuals.

Which of the following would be an internal change force?

One of the reasons that a team might fail is because the team does not have clear purpose.

_____ are process-oriented, positive-people team members who are effective listeners and facilitators of any conflict among team members.

Healthy group development involves creating an environment in which people can disagree without being disagreeable.

Changing the organization's people may require also changing the recruiting and selection policies and procedures of that organization.