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BUAD 309 Final Exam questions with correct answers
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BUAD 309 Final ExamGroup - correct answer ✔✔defined as two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who
have come together to achieve particular objectives.
Formal Groups - correct answer ✔✔those defined by the organization's structure
Informal Groups - correct answer ✔✔alliances that are neither formally structured nor organizationally
determined
Social Identity Theory - correct answer ✔✔considers when and why individuals consider themselves
members of groups, emotional reactions to failure and success of the groups because self-esteem is tied
to the group performance
In-group Favoritism - correct answer ✔✔Perspective in which we see members of our in-group as better
than other people, and people not in our group as all the same
Forming Stage - correct answer ✔✔The first stage in group development, characterized by much
uncertainty
Storming Stage - correct answer ✔✔The second stage in group development, characterized by
intragroup conflict
Norming Stage - correct answer ✔✔The third stage in group development, characterized by close
relationships and cohesiveness
Performing Stage - correct answer ✔✔The fourth stage in group development, during which the group is
fully functional
Adjourning Stage - correct answer ✔✔The final stage in group development for temporary groups,
characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task performance
, Role Perception - correct answer ✔✔one's perception of how to act in a given situation
Role Expectations - correct answer ✔✔how others believe one should act in a given situation
Psychological Contract - correct answer ✔✔unwritten but mutual expectations from management and
employees
Role Conflict - correct answer ✔✔situation in which an individual faces divergent role expectations
Status - correct answer ✔✔A socially defined position or rank given to groups or group members by
others
Social Loafing - correct answer ✔✔The tendency for individuals to expand less effort when working
collectively than alone
Groupthink - correct answer ✔✔situations in which group pressures for conformity deter the group from
critically appraising unusual, minority, or unpopular views
Groupshift - correct answer ✔✔describes the way group discussion tends to exaggerate the initial
position of the group and shift the decision the group makes
Faultlines - correct answer ✔✔The perceived divisions that split groups into two or more subgroups
based on individual differences such as sex, race, age, work experience and education
Work Group - correct answer ✔✔A group that interacts primarily to share information and make
decisions to help each group member perform within his or her area of responsibility
Work Team - correct answer ✔✔A group whose individual efforts result in performance that is greater
than the sum of the individual inputs
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