Final Exam Test 3

Which of these examples is not a boundary spanning activity?

A member of the marketing team calls members together to discuss their opinions on a new advertising slogan.

Which of these activities are boundary spanning activities?

Ambassador, task coordinator, and scout

Which of these occurs when the requester clearly explains why performing the request will benefit the target personally?

Apprising

Coordination loss and motivational loss

Boundary spanning

Which of these involves a face to face meeting of team members in which each offers as many ideas as possible about some focal problem or issue?

Brainstorming

Which power operates primarily on the principle of fear?

Coercive

Organizational powers include which of these?

Coercive, legitimate, and reward

With a(n)_________decision making style, employees do "have a say" in the processes but the ultimate authority still rests with the leader.

Consultative

Two factors that directly contribute to process losses are:

Coordination loss and motivational loss

Which three specific factors have been found to account for a team's ability to make effective decisions?

Decision informality; staff validity, and hierarchical sensitivity.

When it comes to interactions, teams differ from groups in two important aspects:

Deeper interdependence, and a specific task-related purpose

One way to potentially prevent problems associated with cohesion is to formally institute the role of:

Devil's advocate

_________are tasks where the effectiveness of the team depends on the member who possess the highest level of the ability relevant to the task.

Disjunctive tasks

Which of these involves a win-lose negotiating over a "fixed-pie" of resources?

Distributive bargaining

All of these are individualistic roles except:

Dominator

Behavioral and attitudinal change occurs in which of these responses to influence attempts?

Engagement

According to the most well known theory of team development, which of these represents the second stage?

Forming

Which of these represents the predicted sequence of stages in team development progression?

Forming, storming, norming, performing

Which of these exist when team members have a shared vision of the team's goals and align their individual goals with that vision of as a result?

Goal interdependance

The lecture and discussion of men's behavior in urinals concerned:

Goal interdependence

Which of these exists when team members have a shared vision of the team's goal and align their individual goals with that vision as a result:

Goal interdependence

In highly cohesive teams, when members try to maintain harmony by striving toward consensus on issues without even offering, seeking or seriously considering alternative viewpoints and perspectives, it refers to:

Groupthink

_______ reflects the degree to which the leader effectively weighs the recommendations of the members.

Hierarchical sensitivity

In the leader member exchange theory, the_______ dyad is marked by the frequent exchange of information, influence, latitude, support, and attention.

High-quality exchange

According to the life cycle theory of leadership, telling leader behavior compromises________ initiating structure and _________consideration

High; low

An employee who is subjected to unwelcome and offensive sexual behaviors by coworkers, supervisors and customers or anyone else at work is a victim of:

Hostile work environment sexual harassment

_________involves heaving in ways that help followers achieve their potential through coaching, development, and mentoring.

Individualized consideration

According to research, traits are more predictive of:

Leader emergence

All of these traits/ characteristics are linked to leader emergency except:

Low neuroticism

Which of these is a personal characteristic that fosters organizational politics?

Machiavellianism

Which of these techniques addresses some of the limitations of brainstorming

Nominal group technique

Major types of power can be grouped along two dimensions:

Organizational and personal

In the leader-member exchange theory, the low-quality exchange dyad forms the leaders?

Outgroup

Expert and referent powers are called____.

Personal

Scenario: the gold teams mints international (MI) has recently implemented the team approach to accomplishing the task and goals at all of its decisions. The company has developed a color code for different teams. Members of fold teams work together on an ongoing basis to produce the mints. In gold team A, members are still committed to the ideas they brought with them to the team, and they are unwilling to accommodate the ideas of other members. In this particular team, members mix the ingredients and bake the mints themselves, and once they are cooked, they are place in a large tank. At the end of the day the tank is weighed to determine the teams productivity. Gold team B, which consists of only 4 members, utilizes a different approach to producing mints. Two members work together to add and mix ingredients. Once the batter is formed, members 1 and 2 send it to members 3 and 4. Members 3 and 4 then work together to finalize the color, flavor, texture, and packing of the mints. Members of team B are comfortable working within their roles and they make food progress towards their daily goals. Gold team A uses____ task interdependence.

Pooled

Coordination losses are often driven by:

Process gain

One team development model is that less linear than a predicted sequence model is:

Punctuated equilibrium

Judy was up for a promotion when her supervisor, Will, encouraged her to develop a sexual relationship with him. He suggested that promotion would be a sure thing if they were involve. When Judy declined his advances, Will fired her. Which form of sexual harassment is this?

Quid pro quo

Communications that reflect incompatibilities with respect to personal values or preferences refers to:

Relationship conflict

During which phase of the leader-member exchange theory does a manager describe role expectations to an employee, with the employee attempting to fulfill those expectations with his or her job behaviors?

Role taking

An organizational behavior class requirements completion of individual assignments and a team project. Josh, George, Megan and Kristin are members of one teams in the class. The team project involves a written case analysis and team presentation of the results to the class, and members of the team will receive the same grade for the work. Josh and Kristin worked extremely hard on the team project. George and Megan believed that the team would receive a good grade because Josh and Kristin worked hard, so rather than working hard on the team project, they put all of their effort into their individual assignments. George and Megan encouraged:

Social loafing

When a soccer team composed of elite all stars fails to win games, it can be due to:

Staff validity

The degree to which people have alternatives in accessing resources is known as:

Substitutability

The degree to which team members interact with and rely on other team members for the information, materials, and resources needed to accomplish work for the team refers to:

Task interdependence

Team activities that facilitates the accomplishment of team work but do involve task accomplishment itself are:

Team work processes

National surveys indicate that teams are used in _________ organizations in the United States.

The majority of

A competing conflict resolution style should be used during all of these situations except:

To build social credits for later issues

_________memory refers to how specialized knowledge is distributed among members in a manner that results in an effective system of memory for the team

Transactive

Production teams and sales teams are specific examples of which of these types of teams?

Work