Lsus mba 704 module 6 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
•Group - CORRECT ANSWER - •Members motivated to join
•Group functions as unified unit of interacting people
•Members contribute in various amounts to the group processes
•Group agrees and disagrees through various forms of interaction
•Group Dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER - •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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
Propinquity - CORRECT ANSWER - •people affiliate with one another due to spatial or
geographical proximity
Activities, Interactions, Sentiments - CORRECT ANSWER - •the more activities people
share, the more interactions they have, or the stronger the sentiments, the more of the other two
elements
Balance Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - •people are attracted to one another on the basis
of similar attitudes toward common objectives and goals
,MGRADES
Exchange Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - where a minimum positive level (rewards
greater than costs) of an outcome must exist in order for attraction or group affiliation to take
place
•Stages of Group Development - CORRECT ANSWER -
•Forming - CORRECT ANSWER - •Initial stage with uncertainty and confusion
•Members not sure of purpose, structure, tasks, etc.
•Storming - CORRECT ANSWER - •Often emotionally charged stage
•Characterized by conflict about roles and duties
•Norming - CORRECT ANSWER - •Stage where group settles into cooperation and
collaboration
•Characterized by high cohesion
•Performing - CORRECT ANSWER - •Fully functioning stage
•Members focused on effective task completion
•Adjourning - CORRECT ANSWER - •End of the group for temporary groups
•Disbands or has new composition and starts stages over again
, MGRADES
•Group Formation - CORRECT ANSWER -
•Economics - CORRECT ANSWER - •Individuals take advantage of group incentive pay
plan
•Security - CORRECT ANSWER - •Individuals join group for united front
•Social - CORRECT ANSWER - •Individuals have a strong desire for affiliation
•Punctuated Equilibrium Model - CORRECT ANSWER - •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
•Type of Groups - CORRECT ANSWER -
•Primary Group - CORRECT ANSWER - •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
•Primary groups are small groups but not all small groups are primary groups
•Coalitions - CORRECT ANSWER - •Interacting group and deliberately constructed for a
reason
•Independent of formal organizational structure and lacking formal internal structure