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Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
You join the University Volleyball Society. What type of group is this?
A reference group
A working group
A crowd
A culture
Entitativity is best described as:
The property of a group that effectively binds people as group members to one another and to the group as a whole, giving the group a sense of solidarity and oneness.
The property of a group that helps to distinguish it from other groups forming part of it's identity
The property of a group that makes it seem like a coherent, distinct and unitary entity
The property of group that highlights their interdependence upon one another to achieve a common goal
Tuckman (1965) developed a model of group development with five stages. Which answer reflects the proper order of these stages:
Forming, Norming, Storming, Performing and Adjourning
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning
Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning
Norming, Forming, Storming, Performing, and Adjourning
Free riding can be defined as:
A member of the group who puts in no effort but receives rewards from the groups efforts
A member of the group who puts in minimal effort but recieves rewards from the groups efforts
A member of the group who puts in lots of effort and receives little rewards from the groups combined effort
A member of the group who puts in average effort and received suitable rewards from the groups effort.
The presence of an audience in combination with an easy task is likely to result in
Enhanced performance
Impaired performance
Social loafing
Increased competition
Group norms can be define as:
Standards or rules of behaviour that are legally enforced
Standards or rules of behaviour that are legally enforced and emerge out of social interaction within the group
Standard or rules of behaviour that are socially enforced
Standards or rules of behaviour that are socially enforced and emerge out of social interaction within the group
Siegel and Siegel's (1975) study found that:
Group norms can alter whether people decide to vote or not
Group norms can make people more likely to vote liberal
That originally conservative voters in more liberal accommodation were more likely to vote liberal at the end of the year than those who had been in more traditional conservative accommodation.
Group norms can make people vote conservative
Which is the correct sequence of group development?
Forming, Performing, Norming, Storming, Adjourning
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
Storming, Performing, Forming, Adjourning, Norming
Norming, Forming, Storming, Performing, Adjourning
Which type of team is responsible for getting their work done and for managing themselves?
Functional Team
Cross Functional Team
Virtual Team
Self-Managed Work Team
Which of the 5 stages of group development involves disbandment?
Storming
Forming
Adjourning
Performing
Cross-functional team is a group made up of workers with different organisational levels but similar skills.
True
False
Select the stages needed for group development.
Performing
Norming
Brainstorming
Forming
Transforming
Which 2 major concepts are related?
status and group size
group cohesiveness and group size
norms and group cohesiveness
status and norms
Which major concept of group behaviour focuses mostly on one's attitude at work?
norms
status
group size
roles
What type of group is formed by organisations?
formal groups
informal groups
casual groups
team groups
What term means actions resulting from the communication and participation patterns within a group?
External Dynamics
Exterior Dynamics
Internal Dynamics
Group Dynamics
When un-directed, the participation pattern of a group...?
Tends to be equal
Tends to be unequal
Tends to be about the same
None of the above
What term means the code of operation or behavior that the group adopts?
Group Standards
Group Solidarity
Group Pride
Group Thinking
What term means the tendency for members of a group to stick together?
Group Standards
Group Pride
Group Thinking
Group Solidarity
What term means prominence or influence achieved through success, renown, or wealth?
Status
Pride
Prestige
Standing
Which one is NOT an example of external dynamics?
Family
Membership in other groups
Surrounding Community
Participation Pattern
What term means pertaining to rule by person having absolute or unrestricted power?
Democratic
Parliamentary
Militaristic
Autocratic
What type of influence does the Navy have over your JROTC unit?
External Dynamic
Internal Dynamic
Autocratic
Democratic
What type of communication pattern is used in military organizations?
Informal
Chain of Command
Grapevine
None of the above
The overall objective of a group leader is?
Achievement of the group's mission and goals
Satisfaction of group members
Minimal group disruptions
Personal prestige
The group leader should allow group members to help create the plan because?
All members feel involved
Members are able to participate
Members can select satisfying roles
All of the above
Who is the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy?
Jon Hagan
Russell Smith
Michael Stevens
Rick West
What form of communication is dangerous and destructive?
(a)
The leader's participation has a considerable influence on the participation pattern of the group.
True
False
Sharing common experiences, regardless of whether they are satisfying or not, ensures group (a) ?
What is teamwork?
How you work with others in a group.
Working in a team.
The combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient.
A decently done project created with others.
Why is teamwork better?
Working in teams increases collaboration and allows brainstorming.
You can work with your friends.
Someone else can get you a good grade.
You can do all the work while being around your friends.
Why is teamwork important?
Gives others a chance to grow into a decent person.
Allows people to see how others work together.
Gives the ability to lean and grow.
It brings new ideas to others.
What do you learn from teamwork?
Fosters creativity and learning, builds trust, and encourages healthy risk taking.
You can get to know different people.
You can see how others learn and apply skills.
Someone who is a "good kid" will do all the work.
How do you improve teamwork?
Lead by example, organize team processes, and set defined goals.
Let others try to take leadership.
Sit back and relax while others do the work.
You meet new people.
How do you benefit from teamwork?
You can eat while working.
You don't have to work as hard.
Builds trust and teaches conflict resolution skills.
You can all get good grades.
How does teamwork help in the workplace?
You get invited to more things.
Helps employees open up and encourage each other. Open communication is key when working in a team and produces effective solutions in difficult group projects.
You will have more friends.
You will finally get a boyfriend.
What does the "T" in team mean?
Tory
Totally
Together
Time
What does the "E" in team mean?
Elephant
Everyone
Everything
Eggs
What does the "A" in team mean?
Achieve
Acne
Awesome
Adults
What does the "M" in team mean?
Mustard
Money
Matters
More
The functional model traces good group decision-making to
the intelligence of the group members.
members’ ability to resist their biases
the degree of training the group members have received.
using proper procedures when making the decision.
By the third week of the project, the group was starting to gel; the members shared a common understanding of who was supposed to do what, who could be counted on to keep up with their responsibilities, and how each person’s contribution fit in with the group’s goals. The group had developed a
shared mental model.
primed goal orientation.
transportational memory
attributional framework.
A collective information-processing model of group decision making assumes that
groups are motivated to make good decisions.
when individuals join groups they are instinctively driven to seek information.
groups seek out and process information to formulate decisions.
social loafing is a cognitive deficit.
Ben is struggling to remember the name of the theorist who developed the theory of groupthink. When he says, “I think it was Joplin,” Angela says, “Oh, I remember. It was Janis.” This process illustrates
cross-cueing.
groupthink.
transactive memory.
collective induction.
The group is sharing information, planning, evaluating ideas, monitoring its progress on the task, and expressing commitment. It is most likely in the ___ stage.
Orientation
Discussion
Implementation
Decision
___ generally increases the time the group needs to reach its decision
Delegating
Averaging input
Voting
Consensus
The group sets aside its own rules and decides to base reward allocations on length of membership rather than merit. The group thus violated ___ principles.
distributive justice
procedural justice
decision rule schema
voice judgment
Joe, Meagan, Allison, and Timothy are classmates who must complete a major course assignment, as a group, by April 15th. During the first meeting, held on February 15th, they make plans for completing the project. Studies of the planning fallacy suggest they will
waste too much time planning out who will do what and when.
underestimate the amount of time the group will need to complete its work.
overestimate the amount of time the group will need to complete its work.
spend much of their time thinking about problems that might slow their progress.
A social-comparison explanation of polarization in groups suggest that polarization occurs when
individuals compare their position to other members’ positions, and find that others are more extreme than they are.
groups generate more arguments in favor of one position rather than another and the members shift their opinions in that direction.
groups implicitly adopt decision rules that prompt them to support more extreme decisions.
groups value caution more than risk, but can’t make a clear comparison between these two values.
Which one is a symptom of groupthink?
group members feel that they are on the brink of making a bad decision
members question the morality of their proposed solution
everyone in the group seems to agree with everyone else
deviants surface in the group and disrupt discussion
Which of the following is NOT part of Tuckman's model of group development?
Forming
Performing
Reforming
Storming
Identify the correct order of Tuckman's stages of group development.
norming- storming- forming- performing
storming- norming- forming- performing
forming- norming- storming- performing
forming- storming- norming- performing
What is the effect called where, as the group size increases, the individual productivity of the people in the group decreases?
Ringelmann effect
Social loafing effect
Bandura effect
Ringel effect
What is the psychological term used for when an individual does not put in 100%?
Social laziness
Competitive anxiety
Distress
Social loafing
Whose model can be used to help explain a group's effectiveness?
Bandura's
Weiner's
Tuckman's
Steiner's
Which of the following is not a factor within Carron's model of cohesion?
Personal
Attribution
Leadership
Team elements
What is a collection of individuals who work together to accomplish a common goal?
Team
Role
Dynamic
Players
Which is NOT a common characteristic of every successful team or group?
Goals
Rules
Leaders
Communication
What is a guideline for membership?
A goal
A rule
Performance
Communication
What are among the most important factors of Tuckman's team-development stages?
Goals and rules
Trust and commitment
Performance and communication
Communication and leadership
What are the four stages that teams typically go through?
Forming, storming, norming, and excelling
Conforming, storming, norming, and performing
Forming, storming, ignoring, and performing
Forming, storming, norming, and performing
During which team development stage do team members defer decisions to their leader?
Forming
Storming
Performing
Norming
During which team development stage do team members give each other feedback and share thoughts and ideas?
Forming
Storming
Performing
Norming
What is the "first" fixed order of business for a regularly scheduled business meeting?
Roll call
Introduction and call to order
Old business or action items
Discuss the purpose
Running an effective meeting includes waiting for all participants to arrive.
True
False
Teams continue to fine-tune its methods for working together in the "norming" stage.
True
False
What is the level of motivation and willingness that team members put into achieving a shared goal?
Goals
Commitment
Communication
Trust
One of the team leader's most important tasks is?
Managing egos and encouraging individual performance
Commitment and talent evaluation
Communication and assigning roles
Preventing distractions from interfering with the teams' work
“When you're part of a team, you stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.”
Yogui Bear
Mickey Mantle
Yogui Berra
Mickey Mouse
What is a Team?
is a collection of individuals, each with his/her own expertise, brought together not to benefit a common goal.
is the equivalent of a platoon within the armoured, artillery, engineer, and signals branches.
is an organization that primarily provides firefighting services for a specific geographic area.
is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
Benefits of a Team
•Sense of belonging to an unsuccessful process
•Ability to accomplish more than if work done independently
•Unshared workloads
•Chances for leadership and personal satisfaction
How to Develop a Team
Not all groups are teams
identify the team’s mission.
Identify members’ strengths and weaknesses.
Develop guidelines
Task Force on Tour of Duty
Team´s Mission
Teamwork…..Why?
Such efforts can serve to:
1) New, low waste processes and technologies,
2) reduce lazy students efforts, and
3) produce a happiness
Such efforts can serve to:
1) lighten your Documentation of consumption,
2) reduce Use of indicators and controlling, and
3) produce a failure greater than all of your separate efforts
Such efforts can serve to:
1) lighten your work load,
2) reduce duplication of efforts, and
3) produce a result greater than all of your separate efforts
Such efforts can serve to:
1) lighten your Increase of useful life ,
2) reduce Improved control and automatisation, and
3) reduce a result greater than all of your separate efforts
Factors that promote good working relationships
Respect for others in spite of professional differences
Circulation of pertinent missinformation
Unwillingness to talk over problems
Staff meetings-with agenda and sufficient time to discuss
Factors that hinder good working relationships
Lack of understanding of others' jobs and responsibilities
Negative and destructive criticism
Trust, Courtesy and Loyalty
Over- sensitivity
Have you made a personal commitment to work with your colleagues in a team effort?
Belief in Teamwork spliting
Belief in Teamwork cockroach
Belief in Teamwork differences
Belief in Teamwork Approach
Is the group a collection of individuals assembled because each member of the group has a different area of expertise?
This is not the answer, don't be lazy keep reading
Resources Noleimus
Lazy members Available
Resources Available
Organization for Task Accomplishment
is when the team anxious to get on with the task
is when the lazy students are discussing for nothing and don't to get on with the task
is when the team take time to establish ground rules for the operation of the team
is when we fail deciding the procedures for establishing an agenda
Maintaining the Team Effort
is when the team have an open climate of trust and respect for all group members and their ideas
is when the group didn't achieve an appropriate balance between the requirement for group productivity (task) and the satisfaction of individual needs
is when people in the group avoid breaking into subgroups of trusted friends to share rumors, complain, or form alliances that will affect the productivity of the team
is when the group is breaking into subgroups of trusted friends to share rumors, gossips, complain, or form alliances that will affect the productivity of the team
What is Team work? Select one image which shows Team Work.
We need to share the resources while working in a team.
Yes
No
We need to help and listen to our fellow team mates.
Yes
No
Every team member's opinions should be heard.
Yes
No
What skills do we need to be a good team member?
Respect every team member
Show no support to other team members
Be a good listener
Disrespect other team members
We must follow rules set by our team members.
Yes
No
One of the following is a poor quality of a team member.
Supporting other team members
Not helping team mates in time of need
How can we be a good team member?
Solve problems in the team
Support team members
Work alone
Fight or argue over little issues
What is a Team?
A group of people working on different things.
A group of people where one member does all the work.
A group of people where one member makes all the decisions.
A team is a small group of people working together for a common purpose.
If you can keep things at work in order and have a neat workplace, then you have great______________.
organization skills
honesty
money
trust
. _____________________ skills such as writing, speaking and body language are important work standards so that you can be clear in your messages to others
Communication
Catching
Performance
Mental
_________________________ is important at work because you must be able to work with others, especially if you don’t always agree with them
Honesty
Teamwork
Appearance
Caring
Listening to what others say and treating others well is showing ___________ for the good teamwork.
attitude
on time
respect
coolness
Being ____________________ means you can be trusted to do what you are expected to do at work, by the team members for the teamwork.
technology
responsibility
friendship
computer skills
You have to be ___________________ to your job if you are dedicated team member for a teamwork.
loyalty
appearance
on time
Brave
Speaker
The person who presents
the project. The only person
who can ask the teacher a
question.
The person who does all the
writing for the group.
The person who makes sure
the group will be finished on
schedule
The person responsible for
getting and returning all
supplies
Time Keeper
The person who cleans up
and fills in any other job as
required.
The person responsible for
getting and returning all
supplies.
The person who presents
the project. The only person
who can ask the teacher a
question.
The person who makes sure
the group will be finished on
schedule.
Leader
The person who does all the
writing for the group
The person who makes sure
everyone is doing what they
should. Encourages everyone
to do their best.
The person who cleans up
and fills in any other job as
required
The person responsible for
getting and returning all
supplies.
Recorder
The person who presents
the project. The only person
who can ask the teacher a
question.
The person who makes sure
everyone is doing what they
should. Encourages everyone
to do their best
The person who does all the
writing for the group.
The person responsible for
getting and returning all
supplies.
Helper
The person who does all the
writing for the group.
The person who cleans up
and fills in any other job as
required.
The person who makes sure
everyone is doing what they
should. Encourages everyone
to do their best.
The person who presents
the project. The only person
who can ask the teacher a
question
Which teamwork skill should be applied?
A team member is from London City, so you naturally assume that he does not know much about agriculture.
Cooperate
Don’t make assumptions
Avoid gossip
Be tolerant
Which teamwork skill should be applied?
Your co-worker’s plan is chosen over yours, even though you believe yours is better.
Do an equal share of work
Cooperate
Choose to lead or follow
Be tolerant
Which teamwork skill should be applied?
Two of your co-workers are arguing and want you to take a side
Avoid conflict
Don’t make assumptions
Question others
Accept criticism
In the past, teams were typically composed of 5–12 hourly employees from the same department who met for a few hours each week to discuss ways of improving quality, efficiency, and the work environment.
Problem-solving teams
Self-managed teams
Cross-functional teams
Virtual teams
Groups of employees who perform highly related or interdependent jobs and take on many of the responsibilities of supervisors.
Problem-solving teams
Self-managed teams
Cross-functional teams
Virtual teams
Made up of employees from about the same hierarchical level but different work areas, who come together to accomplish a task.
Problem-solving teams
Self-managed teams
Cross-functional teams
Virtual teams
Use computer technology to tie together physically dispersed members in order to achieve a common goal.
Problem-solving teams
Self-managed teams
Cross-functional teams
Virtual teams
What the potential roles that they prefer to work independently and at their own pace?
Creator-innovators
Explorer-promoters
Assessor-developers
Thrust-organizers
What the potential roles that they have strong analytical skills?
Creator-innovators
Explorer-promoters
Assessor-developers
Thrust-organizers
What the potential roles that they try to understand all views and try to build cooperation among team members?
Creator-innovators
Linker
Assessor-developers
Thrust-organizers
They focus on keeping to deadlines.
Concluder-producers
Controller-inspectors
Upholder-maintainers
Reporter-advisers
They are good at checking facts and figures and making sure that inaccuracies are avoided.
Concluder-producers
Controller-inspectors
Upholder-maintainers
Reporter-advisers
Good listeners who do not press their own point of view.
Concluder-producers
Controller-inspectors
Upholder-maintainers
Reporter-advisers
What the potential roles that they set up procedures, set goals, establish plans, and organize people?
Creator-innovators
Explorer-promoters
Assessor-developers
Thrust-organizers
What the potential roles that they lack patience and control, but seek to ensure that ideas are followed through?
Creator-innovators
Explorer-promoters
Assessor-developers
Thrust-organizers
Which of the following helps explain the current popularity of teams? Teams _____.
a. are easier to manage
b. are a way to better utilize employee talents
c. are less expensive
d. promote socialization
Which of the following does not explain the current popularity of teams? Teams _____.
a. outperform individuals when the tasks require multiple skills
b. enable organizations to better utilize employee talents
c. are a means to increase employee motivation
d. allow employee independence in making operating decisions
Which of the following statements best defines a work group?
a. The performance of a work group is generally greater than the sum of its inputs from individual members.
b. A work group interacts primarily to share information, rather than to engage in work that requires joint effort.
c. A work group consists of 3 or more people who take on self-supervising responsibilities.
d. A work group consists of 3 or more people from across departmental or functional line
Which of the following qualities is not found in work groups?
a. energy
b. enthusiasm
c. synergy
d. objectives
Which is NOT one of the most common types of teams?
a. problem-solving
b. interdepartmental
c. self-managed
d. virtual
Which type of team meets to discuss ways to improve quality, efficiency, and the work environment?
a. self-managed
b. virtual
c. problem-solving
d. cross-functional
Which of the following types of teams would most likely be assembled to improve the efficiency of a company’s production process?
a. cross-functional
b. problem-solving
c. self-managed
d. virtual
Which of the following types of teams would most likely empower its team members to make work-related decisions?
a. technical
b. self-managed
c. problem-solving
d. management
_____ teams are made up of employees from about the same hierarchical level.
a. Problem-solving
b. Self-managed
c. Cross-functional
d. Multifaceted
Which is NOT one of the primary factors that differentiate virtual teams from face-to-face teams?
a. the absence of nonverbal cues
b. limited social context
c. decreased satisfaction with work processes
d. the ability to overcome time and space constraints
Which of the following is not true about virtual teams?
a. There is an absence of paraverbal cues.
b. Members report greater satisfaction with the group process.
c. There is limited social context.
d. They are more task-oriented.
Effective teams require which of the following skills?
problem-solving skills
b. technical expertise
c. interpersonal skills
d. all of the above
Sami couldn't finish the poster on his own and Salah offered to help.
Helpfulness
Leadership
Rocci presented her ideas clearly to the class
Open- Mindedness
Teamwork
Majid didn't agree with sami's ideas, but he respected them
Tolerance
Anger
Ram and the rest of the team stuck to the plan, and everyone tried to make it work
Respect
Teamwork
Hamid organised his team well so that they were able to complete the task
Tolerance
Leadership
I did my friend's homework for him
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
I tied my friend's shoelace
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
I helped our neighbour look for his cat
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
I taught my little sister how to draw a flower
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
I built a palace out of blocks with my brother
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
I helped my brother throw away the food he didn't want to eat behind our mother's back
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
Our team members divided the work between each of us and started working on it.
Good teamwork
Bad teamwork
One Characteristic Of Good Team Work Is...
Good and Clear Communication
Neat Handwriting
Good On A Computer
Obsessive
Where Do We Use Team Work
Work
School
College
All Of The Above
A Role In A Team is...
Joiner
Communicator
Structurer
Dancer
Contribution Means...
How Loud You Are
How Much You Can Talk
The Amount Of Effort/Work You Or Others Bring
How Well You Communicate With Others On Your Team
