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Management ch17
Teams and Teamwork
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Management
Undergraduate 2
03/30/2016

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Team
Definition
is a collection of people who regularly interact to pursue common goals
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Teamwork
Definition
is the process of people actively working together interdependently to accomplish common goal
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Synergy
Definition
is the creation of a whole greater than a sum of its individual parts.
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Interdependence
Definition
is the extent to which to which employees depend on other members of their team to carry out their work effectively.
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social loafing
Definition
is the tendency for some members to avoid responsibility by free-riding during group task
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Formal group
Definition
is an officially recognized collective that is supported by the organization
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informal group
Definition
is unofficial and emerges from relationship and shared interest among members
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Cross-functional team
Definition
operates from members who come from different functional units with in a organization
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Functional chimneys problem
Definition
a lack of communication across functions
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Self-managing Team
Definition
have the authority to make decisions about how they share and complete their work
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Virtual team or Distributed team
Definition
Work together and solve problems through computer based interactions
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Team building
Definition
is a sequence of activities to analyze a team and make changes to improve its performance
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Effective Team
Definition
achieves high levels of task performance , membership satisfaction and future viability.
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Team effectiveness equation
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Team effectiveness= quality inputs + (process gains-process losses)
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Team Diversity
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Represents the differences in values, personalities, experiences,demographics and cultures among members.
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Team Process
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is the way team members work together to accomplish task.
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Norm
Definition
is a behavioral expectation, rule, or standard, expected to be followed by team members.
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Team Virtuousness
Definition
indicates the extent to which members adopt norms that encourage shared commitments to moral behavior.
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Cohesivness
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is the degree to which members are attracted to and motivated to remain part of a team
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Task Activity
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is a written action taken by a team member that directly contributes to the teams performance purpose
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maintenance activity
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is an action taken by a team member that supports the emotional life of a team
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distributed leadership
Definition
is when all members of team contribute helpful task and maintenance behaviors
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Distributive Activities
Definition
are self-serving behaviors that interfere with team effectiveness
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Decentralized communication network
Definition
allows all members to communicate directly with one another
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Centralized Communication Network
Definition
communication flows only between individual members and a hub, or center point
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restricted communication network
Definition
subgroups have limited communication with one another
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Decision making
Definition
is the process of making choices among alternatitve possible courses of action
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Groupthink
Definition
is a tendency for highly cohesive teams to lose their evaluative capabilities
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Brainstorming
Definition
engages group in an open spontaneous discussion of problems and ideas
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Nominal group technique
Definition
structures interaction among team members discusing problems and ideas
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