Exam 8: Establishing a Constructive Climate

Co-workers collectively deciding to wear jeans on Fridays and not bringing cell phones to meetings are examples of ______.

Which of the following describes a leader's need to articulate clear,concrete expectations for team members?

Norms develop at a(n)______ stage in a group and are sometimes ______ to change.

LaFasto and Larson identified "three Rs" to influence performance and promote standards of excellence.Which is not one of them?

Briefly define the four leader behaviors involved in establishing a constructive climate in a group.Give an example of what each one would look like in your line of work.

A class project you are in never seems to make progress,no one knows what part of the project they are responsible for,and there is no sense of direction.All of you are good friends and feel good working together,but very little gets accomplished.The group needs more ______.

Professors handing out the syllabus on the first day of class is an example of ______.

While structure is a blueprint for how a group is to achieve its goals,______ is/are a roadmap for how to behave in a group setting.

Which of the following is potentially a negative group norm?

A positive climate is shaped by the degree to which people feel they are ______.

Describe some norms in a team or group you have worked with at your job or in school.How have they helped or hindered the group?

Allison is a manager for a new project and has carefully selected her team of talented and hard working individuals.She quickly orients everyone to the project and identifies why each were selected and what they bring to the team.Together,they are able to complete the project ahead of schedule and with higher quality than anticipated.This is an example of group ______.

Confronting inadequate performance of a group member can ______.

A leader should create a constructive climate to help group members perform at their highest levels of excellence.

Cohesiveness is described as a sense of "we-ness," the cement that holds a group together.

The cement that holds a group together and a sense of "we-ness" is known as ______.

An atmosphere that promotes group members' satisfaction and achieving their personal best is known as ______.

In requiring results,a leader should ______.

What are standards of excellence?

______ gives form and meaning to the purpose of the group's activities and is like giving the group a blueprint for their work.