Understanding Work Teams and Management

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A work team deeply affects behavior and performance, while a work group primarily shares information and makes decisions. (correct)
A work team interacts primarily to share information and make decisions, while a work group has individual efforts that result in a performance greater than the sum.
A work team primarily shares information and makes decisions, while a work group interacts primarily to share information and make decisions.
A work team has designated work assignments, while a work group results in a performance that is greater than the sum of individual efforts.

Two or more individuals interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives
Defined by the organization’s structure with designated work assignments establishing tasks
Alliances that are neither formally structured nor organizationally determined (correct)
A group whose individual efforts result in a performance that is greater than the sum of

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Management is the process involving planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling human efforts to achieve stated objectives in an organization.

Teams outperform individuals.
Teams use employee talents better.
Teams are more flexible and responsive to changes in the environment.
Teams facilitate employee involvement.
Teams are an effective way to democratize and increase motivation in an organization.