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Definition
social groups
work groups
interest groups
command groups |
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Term
| why do people join groups |
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Definition
security
status
power
self esteem
goals achievement |
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Term
| five stages of group development |
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Definition
forming
storming
norming
performing
adjourning |
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Term
| how does an organization shape a group |
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Definition
organizational strategy
organizational culture
regulations
selecting group participants
reward structure
physcial work setting |
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Term
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Definition
more info and knowledge
diversity of views
more acceptance
accuracy
creativity |
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Term
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Definition
slow
inefficient
pressure to conform
risky shift
groupthink |
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Term
| responsibilities of group managers |
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Definition
form group
provide goals and direction
set boundaries
provide feedback |
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Term
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Definition
based on what group needs to function
through explicit statements
critical events
carry over from past situations |
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Term
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Definition
| the degree to which group memebers are attracted to each other and are motivated to stay in the group |
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Term
| what kinds of groups have most cohesion |
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Definition
| smaller, female, spent more time together, had previous success |
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Term
| how does groupthink happen |
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Definition
| when group norms override realistic evaluation of alternative, pressure applied to those who disagree, those with different views do not speak up, illusion that everyone agrees, happens with strong leaders |
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Term
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Definition
cohesivenss
high low
high high productivity moderate
low low productivity moderate/low |
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Term
work group vs work team: GROUP
goal,synergy,accountability,skills |
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Definition
goal: share infor
synergy: nuetral
accnt: individual
skills: random |
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Term
work group vs work team: TEAM
goal,synergy,accountability,skills |
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Definition
goal: performance
syn: +
acct: mutual
skills: complementary |
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Term
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Definition
| better use of talent, flexible, motivational, shared goals |
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Term
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Definition
| more time to develop, more resources, more conflict, more communication demands |
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Term
| characteristic of higher performance teams: |
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Definition
| smaller is better, good mix of skills, common purpose, specific goals, leadership and structure- accountability |
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Term
| major challenge in team building: individualism, what is the solution |
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Definition
| solution is to select carefully, train and provide rewards |
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