Unit 4 Ch 12-16

Which of the following statements is true?

NOT A team qualifies as a group only if its members focus on helping one another accomplish organizational objectives.

Farooq works for an organization whose culture could be described as entrepreneurial and simple. Farooq works for a firm with a/an ________ culture.

adhocracy

When a new employee begins working for an organization, managers should provide them with a/an ________ to aide the new employee in understanding and accepting the firm's core values.

code of conduct

Leaders in organizations with clan cultures are likely to be ________.

mentors

T or F A people-related step in building an effective team is setting stable goals and priorities for the team.

Fales

T or F As used in management-related discussions, a group is simply a gathering of people.

False

T or F Organization culture is established by a manager or the founder of the organization at the time of its creation.

False

Which of the following is one of the characteristics of a group as used in management-related discussions?

NOT Groups always work toward the accomplishment of an organizational goal.

The HR team of Graphix, a web designing company, decides to conduct an online survey within the company to analyze the informal relationships among the employees by sending them a questionnaire consisting of simple questions like naming some organization members with whom they would like to spend their free time and listing the members of their lunch groups at work. Which of the following analytical tools can be used by the HR team for conducting the survey?

NOT Wechsler intelligence tool

Which of the following is a purely procedural step that could be taken to increase the probability that a committee will be successful?

NOT bringing all members into active participation

Which of the following is an analytical tool that can be used to determine what informal groups exist in an organization and who the members of those groups are?

sociometry

T or F Subcultures can affect management efforts both positively and negatively.

True

Which of the following is an example of a command group?

a department head with managers reporting to him

A(n) ________ is a dimension of an organization that helps to describe and reinforce the beliefs, values, and norms in which an artifact exists.

cultural artifact

Peter Parker, the HR vice-president of a well known IT firm, called his team members for a meeting to discuss the measures to be taken by the company to fight recession. Peter suggested downsizing the workforce and also cutting salaries and benefits of the rest of the employees. Peter's team reached a consensus without critically testing, analyzing, and evaluating his ideas. This is an example of ________.

groupthink

Which of the following characteristics is found in a healthy organization culture?

unquestioned integrity and consistency

Jane is starting a company and needs to give her employees a clear purpose of the organization. Jane needs a ________.

mission statement

A culture embedded within a dominant culture is known as which of the following?

organizational subculture

An organizational team established to help eliminate a specified issue within the organization is a ________.

problem-solving team

3M, a cell phone company, aims to maintain an organizational focus on providing better customer service. It hopes that this move will result in building strong ________.

organizational commitment

________ is defined as the dedication of organization members to uphold the values of the organization and to make worthwhile contributions to fulfilling organizational purpose.

organizational commitment

When Joe tells his new employees stories about the company's beginnings, he is illustrating the firm's culture through the sharing of ________.

organizational myths

________ is an organization culture characterized by an internal focus along with an emphasis on stability and control.

code of conduct

Which stage of team development is characterized by a focus on solving organizational problems and meeting assigned challenges?

performing

When team members spend more time arguing about schedules and leadership than actually working on their team-based project, the team is most likely caught in the ________ stage of team development.

storming