OB GROUPS

Formal groups ________.

• are defined by an organization's structure

• include people who share a common interest

• include people who eat lunch together each day

• meet at a regular time and place

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

• formal group

• task group

• command group

• informal group

This kind of work group brings individuals together from different work disciplines with different knowledge and skills.

• self-managed team

• command group

• cross-functional team

• formal group

This kind of group composed of the individuals who report directly to a given manager.

• Task group

• Interest group

• Command group

• Friendship group

An individual's view of how he or she is supposed to act in a given situation is ___.

• role identity

• role perception

• role conflict

• role expectation

It is an acceptable standards of behavior within a group that are shared by the group's members.

• Roles

• Norms

• Status

• Conformity

It is a degree to which group members are attracted to each other and are motivated to stay in the group.

• Norms

• Cohesiveness

• Status

• Social loafing

High levels of conflict ________.

• increase group cohesiveness

• are never a factor in group effectiveness

• can contribute to group effectiveness

• are necessary for group cohesiveness

Group norms are typically established ________.

• formally by group leaders

• in the official organizational bylaws

• by organizational leadership

• informally by the entire group

The primary reason for why social loafing occurs is that output contributions from ________ easily be measured.

• the entire group cannot

• individuals can

• individuals cannot

• the entire group can