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Chapter 13

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Group   two or more freely acting individuals who share norms, share goals, and have a common identity  
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Continuous improvement team   Volunteers of workers and supervisors who meet intermittently to discuss workplace and quality-related problems; formerly called quality circle  
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Cross-functional team   Members composed of people from different departments, such as sales and production, pursuing a common objective  
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Problem-solving team   Knowledgeable workers who meet as a temporary team to solve a specific problem and then disband  
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Self-managed team   Workers are trained to do all or most of the jobs in a work unit, have no direct supervisor, and do their own day-to-day supervision.  
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Top-management team   Members consist of the CEO, president, and top department heads and work to help the organization achieve its mission and goals  
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Virtual team   Members interact by computer network to collaborate on projects  
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Work team   Members engage in collective work requiring coordinated effort; purpose of team is advice, production, project, or action.  
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Formal group   Group assigned by organizations or its managers to accomplish specific goals  
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Informal group   Group formed by people whose overriding purpose is getting together for friendship or a common interest  
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Advice teams   Created to broaden the information base for managerial decisions. Example: Committees, review panels  
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Production teams   Responsible for performing day-to-day operations. Example: Assembly teams, maintenance crews  
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Work Teams for Four Purposes   Advice teams, Production teams, Project teams, Action teams  
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Project teams   Work to do creative problem solving, often by applying the specialized knowledge of members of a cross-functional team. Example: Task forces, research groups  
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Action teams   Work to accomplish tasks that require people with specialized training and a high degree of coordination. Example: Hospital surgery teams, airline cockpit crews, police SWAT teams  
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Five Stages of Group and Team Development   1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Adjourning  
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Continuous improvement teams   Consist of small groups of volunteers or workers and supervisors who meet intermittently to discuss workplace- and quality-related problems.  
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Self-Managed teams   Groups of workers who are given administrative oversight for their task domains  
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Stage I: Forming   Process of getting oriented and getting acquainted  
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During forming leader should:   Allow time for people to become acquainted and socialize  
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Stage 2: Storming   Characterized by the emergence of individual personalities and roles and conflicts within the group  
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During storming leader should:   Encourage members to suggest ideas, voice disagreements, and work through their conflicts about tasks and goals  
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Stage 3: Norming   Conflicts are resolved, close relationships develop, and unity and harmony emerge  
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During norming leader should:   Emphasize unity and help identify team goals and values  
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Stage 4: Performing   Members concentrate on solving problems and completing the assigned tasks  
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During performing leader should:   Allow members the empowerment they need to work on tasks  
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Stage 5: Adjourning   Members prepare for disbandment  
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During adjourning leader should:   Help ease the transition by rituals celebrating “the end” and “new beginnings”  
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Cooperating   Efforts are systematically integrated to achieve a collective objective.  
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Trust   Reciprocal faith in others’ intentions and behaviors  
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Cohesiveness   Tendency of a group or team to stick together  
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Advantage of small teams   2-9 members, better interaction and better morale  
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Disadvantage of small teams   Fewer resources, Possibly less innovation, Unfair work distribution  
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Advantage of large team   10-16 members, more resources and division of labor  
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Disadvantage of large team   Less interaction, Lower morale, Social loafing  
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Roles   A socially determined expectation of how an individual should behave in a specific position. Example: Task roles, maintenance roles  
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Norms   General guidelines that most group or team members follow  
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Why Norms are Enforced   1. To help the group survive 2. To clarify role expectations 3. To help individuals avoid embarrassing situations 4. To emphasize the group’s important values and identity  
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Groupthink   A cohesive group’s blind unwillingness to consider alternatives  
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Results of Groupthink   Reduction in alternative ideas and Limiting of other information  
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Preventing Groupthink   Allow criticism and other perspectives  
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Conflict   Process in which one party perceives that its interests are being opposed or negatively affected by another party  
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Dysfunctional conflict   Conflict that hinders the organization’s performance or threatens its interest  
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Functional conflict   Conflict that benefits the main purposes of the organization and serves its interests  
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Personality conflict   Interpersonal opposition based on personal dislike, disagreement, or differing styles  
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Intergroup conflicts   Inconsistent goals or reward systems, ambiguous jurisdictions, status differences  
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Devil’s advocacy   Process of assigning someone to play the role of critic to voice possible objections to a proposal and thereby generate critical thinking and reality testing  
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Dialectic method   Process of having two people or groups play opposing roles in a debate in order to better understand a proposal  
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Avoiding   “Maybe the problem will go away”  
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Accommodating   “Let’s do it your way”  
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Forcing   “You have to do it my way”  
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Compromising   “Let’s split the difference”  
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Collaborating   “Let’s cooperate to reach a win-win solution that benefits both of us”  
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Team   small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.  
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Division of labor   in which the work is divided into particular tasks that are assigned to particular workers.  
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Social loafing   the tendency of people to exert effort when working in groups than when working alone.  
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Task role   consists of behavior that concentrates on getting the team's task done. Example: coordinators, orienters, initiators, energizers.  
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Maintenance role   consists of behavior that fosters constructive relationships among team members. Examples: encouragers, standards setters, harmonizer, compromisers.  
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Behaviors to help you better handle conflict   1. openness 2. Equality 3. Empathy 4. Supportiveness 5. Positiveness  
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