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COM 240 Exam 2
Organizational Communication
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
03/29/2010

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Assimilation
Definition
Ongoing behavioral and cognitive processes by which individuals join, become integrated into, and exit organizations.
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Socialization and Individualization
Definition
What are the two key processes of the assimilation process?
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Individualization
Definition
When employees try to change some aspect of the organization to better suit bis/her needs or desires.
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Socialization
Definition
The process that allows an individual to become familiar with the rules, norms, and expectations of an organization, allowing them to become members of it.
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Socialization
Definition
Information learned through what process is role-related and organizational culture related?
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Anticipatory Socialization, Encounter Socialization, and Metamorphosis Socialization
Definition
What are the 3 stages of Organizational Socialization?
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Stage 1: Anticipatory Socialization
Definition
During what stage of Organizational Socialization do you learn about work, your occupation, and the organization?
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Stage 1: Anticipatory Socialization
Definition
What stage of Organizational Socialization occurs before you enter the organization?
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Stage 2: Encounter Socialization
Definition
During what stage of Organizational Socialization do you adapt to new expectations?
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Stage 2: Encounter Socialization
Definition
During what stage of Organizational Socialization is an employee in when they enter the organization and start making sense of what it means now to be a part of it?
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Stage 3: Metamorphosis Socialization
Definition
During what stage of Organizational Socialization does an employee become an accepted member of the organization?
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turning points
Definition
Key times during the socialization process when individuals become more or less connected to the organization.
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Just before and just after boundary transitions.
Definition
When is an employess most susceptible to organizational influences?
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Institutionalized and Individualized
Definition
What are the two types of Socialization?
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Institutionalized
Definition
What type of Socialization includes formal programs provided by the organization?
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Individualized
Definition
What type of Socialization includes informal experiences withing the organization such as the "water cooler chat"?
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Common Socialization techniques
Definition
What are the following considered; Recruitment, Interviewing, Training, Debasement experiences, Reward and control systems, and Newcomer information-seeking?
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A Debasement experience
Definition
What would being told to, "Go get the coffee," or the idea that the new person has to do the grunt work, be an example of?
Term
Leader-Management Exchange theory
Definition
What is the LMX Theory?
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LMX theory
Definition
Theory that is focused on the dyadic relationahip between supervisor and subordinate.
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LMX theory
Definition
Theory which states that work is accomplished through roles.
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Role taking, Role making, and Role routinization
Definition
What are the three phases of Role Development?
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Role taking
Definition
What phase of role development involves one-way task observation?
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Role making
Definition
What phase of role development involves social exchange to develop role?
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Role routinization
Definition
What phase of role development involves the establishment that a relationship exists; it could be within the "in" group, or the "out" group
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Organization exit Interviewing
Definition
What is considered a salient issue with the economy the way that it is?
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Conflict
Definition
The interaction of atleast 2 interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from another party in achieving their goal.
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If there is no interdependence.
Definition
Incompatibility would not be important under what circumstance?
Term
Conflict can occur in any context, Conflict is a natural process across relationships, Effective communication reveals conflict, Conflict is a motivator of change, and Conflict can be positive.
Definition
What are the five principles of conflict that we talked about in class?
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Latent Conflict, Perceived Conflict, Felt Conflict, Manifest Conflict, and Conflict Aftermath
Definition
What are the five stages of conflict we discussed in class?
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Latent Conflict
Definition
During what stage of conflict does the idea that the grounds for conflict exist? We may not feel it yet, but it's brewing underneath.
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Perceived Conflict
Definition
What stage of conflict refers to when one or more people are perceiving the incompatibility? There is potentially going to be a problem.
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Felt Conflict
Definition
During what stage of conflict do we actually perceive the conflict? We know that there is a problem and we are concerned. We start to think about what we should do.
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Manifest Conflict
Definition
During what stage of conflict is it happening. There is conflict. There may be passive aggressive behavior or escalating arguments. There is communication about the conflict issue.
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Conflict Aftermath
Definition
What stage of conflict does not have to be negative which is the way many may see it? Refers to the short and long-term effects for the individual, the relationship, the organization, and what happens afterward.
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Lose-Lose Orientation, Win-Lose Orientation, and Win-Win Orientation
Definition
What are the three approaches to conflict that we discussed in class?
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Lose-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict assumes losses for everyone?
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Lose-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict views disagreement as unhealthy and destructive?
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Lose-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict presumes conflict cannot produce positive outcomes?
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Win-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict assumes one person wins at the expense of another?
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Win-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict views disagreements as having only one victor?
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Win-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict is cultivated in a competitive/individualistic culture and is most common in American culture?
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Win-Lose Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict does not promote the idea of compromise?
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Win-Win Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict assumes that resolution can result in gains for everyone?
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Win-Win Orientation
Definition
Which approach to conflict's goal is to find an acceptable solution/compromise?
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Integrative approach to dealing effectively with conflict.
Definition
Inventing options or solutions that will benefit all group members.
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Separate the person from the problem.
Definition
What should you first do when dealing effectively with conflict?
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Organization responses to conflict.
Definition

What are all of the following examples of?

-Avoidance

-Meetings

-Bargaining and Negotiation

-3rd Party Manager

-Mediation

-Restructuring

-Transfers/Dismissals

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Problem Solving
Definition
The process of developing a plan to get from an unsatisfactory state to a desired goal.
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Decision Making
Definition
The process of choosing a solution from several alternatives, which were generated during problem-solving.
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Problem Identification, Problem Analysis, Criteria Selection, Sloution Generation, Solution Evaluation and Selection, and Solution Implementation
Definition
What are the six steps in a Standard Agenda?
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Step One: Problem Identification
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda do group members clarify the problem, often by specifying the difference bewteen a present state of affairs and a desired state of affairs?
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Step One: Problem Identification
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda should problems be concrete, clear, and solvable?
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Step Two: Problem Analysis
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda do group members collect information about the problem, identifying factors that are causing the problem and factors that may help in solving the problem?
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Step Three: Criteria Selection
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda do group members decide on the characteristics of a valid solution prior to discussing specific solutions?
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Step Four: Solution Generation
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda do group members generate as many alternative solutions as possible?
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Step Five: Solution Evaluation and Selection
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda do group members use previously selected criteria to evaluate each solution and the solution that best meets evaluation criteria is chosen?
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Step Six: Solution Implementation
Definition
During what step in the standard agenda do group members follow through by putting the solution into effect?
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The problem solving process.
Definition
What can brainstorming be used in?
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The Delphi Technique
Definition
What technique can be used in the problem solving process?
Term
The Delphi Technique
Definition
Helps to equalize power because everything is done through a facilitator or something called a Nominal Group Process?
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Optimizing vs. Satisficing, Logical vs. Illogical, and Decision-Making Modes
Definition
What are the three decision-making approaches we discussed in class?
Term
Optimizing vs. Satisficing
Definition
During which decision-making approach do you seek all available information vs. Getting enough information?
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Leadership
Definition
Process for guiding individuals, groups, and organizations in establishing goals and sustaining action to support goals.
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Management
Definition
Responsibility assigned by the organization to direct and evaluate the work of others.
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Trait, Style, Situational, and Transformational
Definition
What are the different approaches to leadership?
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Trait
Definition
Which approach to leadership would use personality tests to select organization members?
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Trait
Definition
Which approach to leadership defines leaders as having innate traits such as intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, & sociability?
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Style
Definition
Which approach to leadership evaluates leaders based on their concern for different organization factors such as productivity, worker concern, etc.
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Style
Definition
Which approach to leadership defines leaders as understanding what motivates others and having a "behavioral style" of preferred behavior?
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Style
Definition
Which approach to leadership would Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid be an example of?
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Situational
Definition
Which approach to leadership defines leaders as interacting with followers and adjusting with environments?
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Situational
Definition
Which approach to leadership includes the contingency theory which matches the style of leader with the sutuation; different styles are better in different situations?
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Situational
Definition
Which approach to leadership includes no focus on organization members or communication?
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Transformational
Definition
Which approach to leadership defines leaders as motivating through personal example and vision - exemplification?
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Transformational
Definition
Which approach to leadership views communication as a centra process to help both leaders and followers reach full potential?
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Authoritarian, Democratic, and Laissez Faire
Definition
What are the different types of leadership styles?
Term
Authoritarian
Definition
Which leadership style is directive and seeks no input from others?
Term
Authoritarian
Definition
Which leadership style has Hi productivity and lower worker satisfaction?
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Democratic
Definition
Which leadership style asks for input from others?
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Democratic
Definition
Which leadership style has the highest worker satisfaction?
Term
Laissez Faire
Definition
Which leadership style is evident in the academic world?
Term
Laissez Faire
Definition
Which leadership style allows workers to make decisions, but leader is still responsible?
Term
Energy, Energize, Edge, and Execution
Definition
What are the Four E's of Jack Welsh?
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Natural Change
Definition
What type of change occurs when institutional life and industry history are responsible for the change?
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Planned Change
Definition
What type of change occurs when problems or ineffectiveness direct the need for change?
Term
Inability to adapt or change during a transition.
Definition
What is the main primary reason for management failure?
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