MGMT 6311 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
c. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning - Answers -What order did
organizational psychologist Bruce Tuckman propose for group development stages?
a. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
b. forming, performing, storming, norming, and adjourning
c. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
d. forming, storming, performing, norming, and adjouning
d. norming - Answers -Which stage in Tuckman's group development model is
characterized by the establishment of ground rules and operating procedures by group
participants?
a. forming
b. storming
c. performing
d. norming
c. pooled interdependence - Answers -An organizational behavior class has students
working in teams to complete a final research paper. Taylor's group has divided the
paper up into sections, making each group member responsible for one section. Taylor
is responsible for integrating all those sections. The group is organizing these tasks by
using...
a. sequential interdependence.
b. reciprocal interdependence.
c. pooled interdependence.
d. outcome interdependence.
b. People in high power distance countries expect unequal power distribution in the
social, political, and economic areas - Answers -Which statement regarding power
distance and teams is correct?
a. People in low in power distance countries define the roles of team members very
strictly.
b. People in high power distance countries expect unequal power distribution in the
social, political, and economic areas.
c. People in low in power distance countries limit participation and communication in
teams.
d. People in high power distance countries tend to use participative decision making.
a. get on the same page. - Answers -As the meeting begins, some managers allow
time to review the material being covered in the meeting, allowing everyone to...
a. get on the same page.
b. prepare a list of action items.
c. create a new agenda.
d. invite others to the meeting.
, c. storming and performing - Answers -According to Gersick's punctuated equilibrium
model, groups repeatedly cycle through which two group development stages?
a. forming and norming
b. forming and performing
c. storming and performing
d. storming and norming
d. shared expectations about how things operate within a group or team. - Answers -
Norms refer to...
a. formal approaches to decision making in the group or team.
b. measures of camaraderie in the group or team.
c. agreements on written ground rules, goals, and roles.
d. shared expectations about how things operate within a group or team.
a. collaborative action - Answers -What is a key property of a team?
a. collaborative action
b. independent tasks
c. clear simple goals
d. compensation based on individual outcomes
c. cohesion. - Answers -A group where there is a great deal of camaraderie is a group
experiencing
a. collective efficacy.
b. social loafing.
c. cohesion.
d. high task commitment.
a. A group with high group cohesion and high task commitment. - Answers -Which
group would be the most effective from a performance standpoint?
a. A group with high group cohesion and high task commitment.
b. A group with high task commitment and low group cohesion.
c. A group with low task commitment and low group cohesion.
d. A group with high group cohesion and low task commitment.
c. interpersonal conflict. - Answers -Personality differences or values differences often
lead to...
a. intrapersonal conflict.
b. intergroup conflict.
c. interpersonal conflict.
d. intragroup conflict.
a. compromise - Answers -Which conflict handling style is indicated by an individual
who says, "Maybe we can both agree to give in a little"?
a. compromise
b. collaboration
c. avoidance
c. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning - Answers -What order did
organizational psychologist Bruce Tuckman propose for group development stages?
a. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
b. forming, performing, storming, norming, and adjourning
c. forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning
d. forming, storming, performing, norming, and adjouning
d. norming - Answers -Which stage in Tuckman's group development model is
characterized by the establishment of ground rules and operating procedures by group
participants?
a. forming
b. storming
c. performing
d. norming
c. pooled interdependence - Answers -An organizational behavior class has students
working in teams to complete a final research paper. Taylor's group has divided the
paper up into sections, making each group member responsible for one section. Taylor
is responsible for integrating all those sections. The group is organizing these tasks by
using...
a. sequential interdependence.
b. reciprocal interdependence.
c. pooled interdependence.
d. outcome interdependence.
b. People in high power distance countries expect unequal power distribution in the
social, political, and economic areas - Answers -Which statement regarding power
distance and teams is correct?
a. People in low in power distance countries define the roles of team members very
strictly.
b. People in high power distance countries expect unequal power distribution in the
social, political, and economic areas.
c. People in low in power distance countries limit participation and communication in
teams.
d. People in high power distance countries tend to use participative decision making.
a. get on the same page. - Answers -As the meeting begins, some managers allow
time to review the material being covered in the meeting, allowing everyone to...
a. get on the same page.
b. prepare a list of action items.
c. create a new agenda.
d. invite others to the meeting.
, c. storming and performing - Answers -According to Gersick's punctuated equilibrium
model, groups repeatedly cycle through which two group development stages?
a. forming and norming
b. forming and performing
c. storming and performing
d. storming and norming
d. shared expectations about how things operate within a group or team. - Answers -
Norms refer to...
a. formal approaches to decision making in the group or team.
b. measures of camaraderie in the group or team.
c. agreements on written ground rules, goals, and roles.
d. shared expectations about how things operate within a group or team.
a. collaborative action - Answers -What is a key property of a team?
a. collaborative action
b. independent tasks
c. clear simple goals
d. compensation based on individual outcomes
c. cohesion. - Answers -A group where there is a great deal of camaraderie is a group
experiencing
a. collective efficacy.
b. social loafing.
c. cohesion.
d. high task commitment.
a. A group with high group cohesion and high task commitment. - Answers -Which
group would be the most effective from a performance standpoint?
a. A group with high group cohesion and high task commitment.
b. A group with high task commitment and low group cohesion.
c. A group with low task commitment and low group cohesion.
d. A group with high group cohesion and low task commitment.
c. interpersonal conflict. - Answers -Personality differences or values differences often
lead to...
a. intrapersonal conflict.
b. intergroup conflict.
c. interpersonal conflict.
d. intragroup conflict.
a. compromise - Answers -Which conflict handling style is indicated by an individual
who says, "Maybe we can both agree to give in a little"?
a. compromise
b. collaboration
c. avoidance
