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November (14th-18th) Week 1 Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Teamwork | The combined action of a group of people |
Team | A group of players forming one side in a competitive game/sport or a cohort of people in a bussiness |
Manager-led-team | The manager is the team leader and is in charge of setting team goals, assigning tasks, and monitoring the team's performance |
Self-Managing Team | A small group of employees whose members determine, plan, and manage their day-to-day activities and duties under reduced or no supervision |
Cross-Functional Team | A group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common goal |
Virtual Teams | A group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology |
Group Cohesiveness | When bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole |
Groupthink | The thinking or making of decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility |
Cooperative | Involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal |
Trust | Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something |
Leadership | The act of leading/guiding a group of people or an organization |
Leadership Style | A leader's style of providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people |
Autocratic Leadership | A leadership style characterized by individual control over all decisions and little input from group members |
Democratic Leadership | Everyone is given the opportunity to participate, ideas are exchanged freely, and discussion is encouraged |
Laissiez-Faire Leadership | The leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decisions |
Transactional Leader | Leaders promote compliance by followers through both rewards and punishments |
Transformational Leader | The leader identifies the needed change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group |