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MGT330  Management for Organizations

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following individuals would most likely NOT be considered a group’s gatekeeper?

  Jim, who is informally regarded as the group’s leader

  Gary, who is always willing to express the group’s values

  Karl, who helps carry out the group’s activities

  Juan, who is a “member in good standing”

 

Question 2

Of the following goals, which is considered to be the most crucial for leaders who want to succeed at team-building?

  Build trust among members.

  Reduce personal conflict inside a group or team.

  Develop effective channels of communication among members.

  Increase effective support between members.

 

Question 3

All of the following factors increase group cohesion EXCEPT

  the presence of an outside threat

  member interdependence

  member heterogeneity

  high status

 

Question 4

That communication within an organization is continuous means that ___________.

  sometimes it is better for managers to say nothing

  it is possible to eliminate barriers to interpersonal communication

  the same message is continuously repeated to different people

  managers are always communicating, whether they speak or not

 

Question 5

What may accompany the adjourning stage of group performance?

  a sense of uncertainty

  a sense of unity

  a sense of loss

  a sense of conflict

 

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a limitation of a virtual team?

  It can be expensive to get virtual teams together.

  Virtual teams have a difficult time picking up on paraverbal and nonverbal cues.

  Virtual teams suffer from reduced socialization.

  It can be difficult to schedule virtual team meetings.

 

Question 7

What is a consequence of too much cohesion in a group?

  Groups tend to have decreased levels of effort.

  Groups tend to lack cooperation.

  Group members tend to argue.

  Group members tend to overstep each other’s boundaries.

 

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a category of barriers to interpersonal communication?

  individual differences among employees

  situational factors, such as outside noise

  transmission problems, such as telephone static

  informal communication networks, such as the grapevine

 

Question 9

What makes communication dynamic?

  It is usually exciting, because transmitting messages can be exhilarating.

  It is constantly changing, because messages feed other messages.

  It is always irreversible, because we cannot take back what we say.

  It is usually complex, because messages have many layers of meaning.

 

Question 10

Whenever Paula works in a group, she gives less effort than when she works individually. What term best describes this scenario?

  groupthink

  group cohesiveness

  social loafing

  sender disability