Business exercise: The role of groups and teams in organizations

1- What do the work groups emphasize?

• individual work products, individual accountability, and even individual leadership.

• individual work products and individual leadership.

• individual accountability and individual leadership.

• individual leadership.

Flows from lower to higher levels of the organization.

How do project teams work?

How important is the communication in organizations?

• The sucess of communication systems within the organization has a tremendous effect on the overall success of the form.

• The sucess of communication systems within the organization has a tremendous effect on the overall success of the form. Communication mistakes can lower productivity and morale.

• The sucess of communication systems within the organization has a tremendous effect Communication mistakes can lower productivity and morale.

• The sucess of communication systems within the organization has some tremendous effect on the overall success of the form. Communication mistakes can lower productivity and morale.

Examples of horizontal communication:

• Directions, assignments of tasks and responsabilities, performance feedback.

• speeches, employee handbooks, job descriptions.

• Progress reports, suggestions for improvement, inquiries, grievances.

• Task forces, project teams, communication from the finance department to the marketing department concerning budget requirements.

 Are becoming far more common in the U.S. workplace as businesses strive to enhance productivity and global competitiveness.

Small groups of workers brought together from throughout the organization to solve specific quality, productivity, or solve problems.

Grapevine is:

• An informal channel of communication, separate from management´s formal, official communication channels.

• A group of employees responsible for an entire work process or segment that delivers a product to an internal or external customer.

• Small groups of workers brought together from throughout the organization to solve specific quality, productivity, or solve problems.

• They run their operation and have total control of a specific work project.