Public Speaking Chapter 18

Which of the following best describes a symposium?

A collection of individual presentations covering a broad topic.

Which of these answers are examples of leadership styles?

All of these answers

Which of these answers is an example of a typical role in a group?

All of these answers

While there are often different roles in a group what should every member be responsible for?

All of these answers.

Which of the following is one of the action processes?

Assure that roles and responsibilities are being fulfilled.

A well-known company is disorganized, with no vision or comprehensive business goals. This company would best benefit from which type of leadership?

Authoritarian leadership

Which answer best describes a continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other?

Continuum

The group member responsible for tracking and documenting both the positive and negative outcomes of meetings and projects is referred to as the

Lessons Learned tracker.

What is the primary typical role of the leader in a group?

None of these answers.

Which answer best describes a continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other?

None of these answers.

While there are often different roles in a group what additional task should every member be responsible for?

None of these answers. There are roles for a reason.

What answer best describes putting forth less effort as a member of a group than they would as an individual.

Social loafing

What is the primary role of the Devil's Advocate?

To make the group embrace conflict and different points of view by bringing up alternatives or objections, making the team more objective.

Reflective thinking in group settings allow for intellectual decisions based on

defining a problem and using concepts based in logic to select the best solution.

Sally is working on a class project with four other group mates. Even though Sally privately disagrees with using a law firm as their project's case study, she goes along with the group's decision. Sally's behavior can be best described as

groupthink