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OB- Part 5
Organizational Behavior Exam Review- Part 5
Question | Answer |
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The benefits of employee involvement increase with: | The novelty and complexity of the problem or opportunity |
When does social loafing occur? | When the task is boring versus when the task is interesting |
In what stage of team development do team members shift their attention away from task orientation to a relationship focus? | Adjourning |
What occurs during the first step of the nominal group technique once the problem is described? | Team members silently and independently write down as many solutions as they can |
What is permanence? | How long that type of team usually exists |
Why are smaller teams better than larger teams? | Less process loss, more engaged, faster team development |
What are some advantages of team diversity? | View problems/alternatives from different perspectives, broader pool of abilities, better representation of team's constituents |
What are some disadvantages of team diversity? | Take longer to become a high performing team, susceptible to "faultlines"- less motivation to coordinate |
What is brainwriting? | Brainstorming without conversation |
What is brainstorming? | A team event where participants try and think of as many ideas as possible |
What is referent power? | The ability of a leader to influence a follower because of the follower's loyalty, respect, friendship, etc |
What are the three types of divisional structures? | Product, client, geographic |