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MBA 704 Module 7 Exam Questions
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Group - ✔✔Members motivated to join




functions as unified unit of interacting people




Members contribute in various amounts to the group processes




agrees and disagrees through various forms of interaction


Group Dynamics - ✔✔Interactions and forces among group members in social situations




--Focuses on internal nature of groups, how they form, their structure and processes, and how they

function and affect members, the group, and the organization


Dynamics of Group Formation - ✔✔Propinquity




Activities, Interactions, Sentiments




Balance Theory


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Exchange Theory


Exchange Theory - ✔✔where a minimum positive level (rewards greater than costs) of an outcome must

exist in order for attraction or group affiliation to take place


Balance Theory - ✔✔people are attracted to one another on the basis of similar attitudes toward common

objectives and goals


Activities, Interactions, Sentiments - ✔✔the more activities people share, the more interactions they have,

or the stronger the sentiments, the more of the other two elements


Propinquity - ✔✔people affiliate with one another due to spatial or geographical proximity


Group Formation - ✔✔Economics




Security




Social




Punctuated Equilibrium Model


Economics - ✔✔Individuals take advantage of group incentive pay plan


Security - ✔✔Individuals join group for united front


Social - ✔✔Individuals have a strong desire for affiliation




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Punctuated Equilibrium Model - ✔✔Target or mission set that is not easily altered because of inertia;

characterized by equilibrium




Recognition that tactics must change for mission achievement; characterized by punctuated bursts of

activity to complete task


Types of groups - ✔✔Primary




Coalitions




Memberships




Reference




In/Out


Primary Group - ✔✔Similar to small group in that it has to be small enough for fairly consistent

interaction/communication to occur face to face or electronically




Different than small group because it also has to have a feeling of comradeship, loyalty, and sense of

values among members




are small groups but not all small groups are __________ groups



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Coalitions - ✔✔Interacting group and deliberately constructed for a reason




Independent of formal organizational structure and lacking formal internal structure




Mutual perception of membership and focused on issues relevant to members


Membership - ✔✔those individuals belong to


Reference - ✔✔those that individuals would like to belong to


In-Groups/Out-Groups - ✔✔those that have or share dominant values and those that are outside looking

in


Implications from Research - ✔✔Individual Effectiveness




Organizational Effectiveness




Highly cohesive group with positive leadership may have highest possible productivity (e.g. Hawthorne

Studies of relay room vs. bank wiring room)


Individual Effectiveness - ✔✔Help employees learn about organization and self, gain new skills, obtain

rewards, and fulfill social needs


Organizational Effectiveness - ✔✔Provide more ideas and skills, improve decision making and control,

and help facilitate change


group cohesion - ✔✔Increased by goal agreement, frequency of interaction, personal attractiveness,

competition with other groups, and favorable evaluations


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