supervisory management part 2
_____ are factors that an organization's management has little control over.
External change forces
The mutual liking and team feeling in a group is known as:
group cohesiveness.
Cohesiveness is positively impacted by all of the following, EXCEPT:
internal power struggles.
Changing an organization's technology includes:
modifying tools, equipment, and machinery.
____ are examples of formal groups.
Network groups
Which of the following would be an internal change force?
New organizational objectives
Which of the following statements is true?
Not this one Groups allow total responsibility to be placed on each member. or the one about seven members
Internal change forces result from changes in:
organization goals.
Changing an organization's structure involves:
rearranging authority-responsibility relationships.
The concept that two or more people working together can accomplish more than the sum of their independent efforts is known as:
synergy
Social loafing means that an individual is _____ when working with others as a team.
taking a free ride
A ____ is a collection of people who must rely on group cooperation in order to experience the most success possible and thereby achieve the organization's goals.
team
_____ results from activities that improve an organization's structure, technology, and people so it can achieve its objectives.
Organizational effectiveness
Which of the following is NOT a benefit that members can derive from participation in an informal group?
Satisfaction of bureaucratic needs
Informal groups:
evolve out of employees' need for social interaction.
The stage of group development in which the group determines role expectations is the ____ stage.
forming
Which of the following would be an example of an external change force?
Change in government regulation
Which of the following is an informal group?
Friendship group
The best group composition for a group designed to perform a complex task is:
a group with diverse backgrounds and value systems.
