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What is the tendency for teams to choose riskier plans than individuals known as?
What is the tendency for teams to choose riskier plans than individuals known as?
- Risky shift (correct)
- Groupthink
- Conformity bias
- Social loafing
What technique involves individuals working alone to generate ideas and then coming together as a group to share and refine the ideas?
What technique involves individuals working alone to generate ideas and then coming together as a group to share and refine the ideas?
- Electronic meetings
- Brainstorming
- Interacting groups
- Nominal group technique (correct)
What type of team's performance is greater than the sum of individual inputs?
What type of team's performance is greater than the sum of individual inputs?
- Work team (correct)
- Problem-solving team
- Self-managed work team
- Cross-functional team
What is essential for understanding informal connections among individuals within groups?
What is essential for understanding informal connections among individuals within groups?
What can hinder teamwork due to lack of clarity on purpose, authority, or leadership?
What can hinder teamwork due to lack of clarity on purpose, authority, or leadership?
Which type of team outperforms individuals, uses talents better, and is more flexible?
Which type of team outperforms individuals, uses talents better, and is more flexible?
What is the tendency for teams to make decisions without critical evaluation due to the desire for harmony and conformity?
What is the tendency for teams to make decisions without critical evaluation due to the desire for harmony and conformity?
What type of team shares information and makes decisions to help each group member?
What type of team shares information and makes decisions to help each group member?
What is increasingly relied upon by global organizations, presenting both drawbacks and benefits?
What is increasingly relied upon by global organizations, presenting both drawbacks and benefits?
What is essential for effective teams to have in order to facilitate employee involvement?
What is essential for effective teams to have in order to facilitate employee involvement?
What type of team involves individuals from different functional areas within an organization?
What type of team involves individuals from different functional areas within an organization?
What technique involves face-to-face discussions among team members to make decisions?
What technique involves face-to-face discussions among team members to make decisions?
What is the difference between work groups and work teams?
What is the difference between work groups and work teams?
What is the phenomenon in which the norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action?
What is the phenomenon in which the norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action?
What is the primary consideration for a manager before creating a group?
What is the primary consideration for a manager before creating a group?
What is the term for the pattern in which an individual or group continues a behavior despite facing negative outcomes?
What is the term for the pattern in which an individual or group continues a behavior despite facing negative outcomes?
What is the impact of group decision-making on the accuracy of decisions?
What is the impact of group decision-making on the accuracy of decisions?
What type of tasks reduce the requirement for groups?
What type of tasks reduce the requirement for groups?
What is the drawback of larger groups in decision-making?
What is the drawback of larger groups in decision-making?
What is the potential consequence of group decision-making when facing ambiguous responsibility?
What is the potential consequence of group decision-making when facing ambiguous responsibility?
What is the phenomenon in which teams start to all think alike and nobody questions the plan until afterwards?
What is the phenomenon in which teams start to all think alike and nobody questions the plan until afterwards?
What is the strength of group decision-making in terms of information pooling?
What is the strength of group decision-making in terms of information pooling?
What is the potential weakness of group decision-making in terms of conformity pressure?
What is the potential weakness of group decision-making in terms of conformity pressure?
What is the primary consideration for the size of groups in decision-making?
What is the primary consideration for the size of groups in decision-making?
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Study Notes
Team Dynamics and Decision-Making
- Engineers of the space shuttle Challenger were aware of faulty parts before launch but proceeded to avoid negative press.
- Risky shift is the tendency for teams to choose riskier plans than individuals.
- Group decision-making techniques include interacting groups, nominal group technique, brainstorming, and electronic meetings.
- Teams have become popular as they outperform individuals, use talents better, are more flexible, and facilitate employee involvement.
- A work group shares information and makes decisions to help each group member, while a work team's performance is greater than the sum of individual inputs.
- Types of teams include problem-solving teams, self-managed work teams, cross-functional teams, task forces, standing committees, and virtual teams.
- Effective teams have clear goals, competent members, mutual trust, good communication, effective negotiating skills, appropriate leadership, and supportive environments.
- Lack of clarity on purpose, authority or leadership, challenges of coordination, and lack of supportive context can hinder teamwork.
- Global organizations increasingly rely on teams, presenting both drawbacks and benefits.
- Social Network Analysis (SNA) is essential for understanding informal connections among individuals within groups.
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