Exam 13: Understanding Groups and Managing Work Teams

A self-managed work team would be likely to have the authority to ________.

These are the Big Five personality traits that seem to have the greatest influence on team performance.

The "two-pizza" rule holds that work teams should ________.

Asch could feel fairly confident that his results were legitimate because ________ pressured by the group.

The only effective way to guard against social loafing is for managers to make special efforts to do this.

Which of the following would a self-managed work team be LEAST likely to do?

To be considered a group, a gathering must include at least five people.

A team's upholder-maintainer would likely submit the team's request for a large increase in resources to top management.

In a short essay, discuss the first stage of group development.

The "two pizza" rule states that the best teams should be small enough so that they can be satisfied with no more than two pizzas.

A Latin American team member would be more likely than a North American team member to afford status to an individual who comes from a powerful family.

Groups tend to go through five stages as they develop.

This kind of work group is brought together to accomplish a specific job or single activity, such as the development of a new product.

A Latin-American member of a global team might show undue respect to another team member because of that member's ________.

A low-ranking employee having the best parking space in the company parking lot is an example of ________.

Disagreeable team members rarely decrease team performance.

In a short essay, describe the characteristics of a problem-solving team.

In a brief essay, discuss how managers can use rewards to shape team behavior.

Group cohesiveness is largely a measure of how ________.

The forming stage of group development begins when members consider themselves a part of the group.