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MGMT 301 Final - PSU
Spring 2010
64
Management
Not Applicable
05/02/2010

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Most important quality for CEOs
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Communication Skills
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The transmission of information and meaning from one part to another
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Communication
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When everyone knows the rules, you would use a...
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lean channel
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To select symbols with which to compose a message
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Encode
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The tangible formulation of an idea to be sent to a receiver
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Message
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The carrier of a communication
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Channel
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To translate the symbols used in a message for the purpose of interpreting its meaning
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Decode
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A response by the receiver to the sender's communication.
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Feedback
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Advantages to face to face communication
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Personal, two way, fast feedback
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Disadvantages to face to face communication
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No permanent record, spontaneous, difficult to disseminate
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Highest channel richness =
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Face to Face
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Lowest channel richness =
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Reports / Bulletins
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Advantages to Reports/Bulletins
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Permanent record, premeditated, easy to disseminate
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Disadvantages to reports/bulletins
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Impersonal, one-way, slow feedback
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The skill of receiving messages to accurately grasp facts and feelings to interpret the genuine meaning.
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Listening
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For slower, less accurate and simple tasks ____ is more effective. (Centralized or Decentralized)
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Decentralized
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For faster and accurate, simple tasks, _____ is more effective (Centralized/Decentralized)
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Decentralized
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For slow, inaccurate, complex tasks ______ is more effective. (Centralized/Decentralized)
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Centralized
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For fast, accurate, and complex tasks _____ is more effective (Centralized/Decentralized)
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Decentralized
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Trying to achieve harmony, so not speaking up is an example of
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Groupthink. BAD!
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Main advantage of teams
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Synergy
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Complying with prevailing role expectations and norms
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Conformity
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CMS with high assertiveness and high cooperativeness
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Collaborating
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CMS with high assertiveness and low cooperativeness
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Competing
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CMS with medium assertiveness and medium cooperativeness
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Compromising
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CMS with low assertiveness and high cooperativeness
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Accomodating
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CMS with low assertiveness and low cooperativeness
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Avoiding
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High goal congruence + High Cohesiveness = (+ or - Productivity)
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Greatest Productivity
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Low goal congruence + High Cohesiveness = (+ or - Productivity)
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Least productivity
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Conflict situation behavior that is maximally assertive and minimally cooperative is
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Competing
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Conflict Situation behavior that is referred to as "lose-win"
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Accomodating
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One form of KR which occurs with each instance of task performance
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Specific
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In the communication model, the source of the message must also be the...
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Encoder
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The channel that would be best for non-routine, emotional, or novel messages is
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Face to Face
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The major disadvantage of team decision making is that...
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It takes longer
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The least acceptable form or KR is
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Summary
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Dysfunctional personal behavior when working w/ a team would include
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Competing with team members
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Highest group productivity would occur when a...
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Highly cohesive group has high performance norms
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Feedback you give yourself
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Intrinsic
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Feedback outside of the person
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Extrinsic
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Primary feedback that occurs after each instance
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Specific
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Primary feedback that occurs after all instances are over
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General
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Secondary feedback that occurs after each instance
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Augmented
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Secondary feedback that occurs after all instances are over
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Summary
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Feedback of target can change agent
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Reciprocal Causation
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Channel Richness...Physical Presence =
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Face to Face
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Channel Richness...two-way channel =
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Phone
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Channel Richness...one-way channel =
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Card or letter
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Channel Richness...anonymous =
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Poster or Bulletin
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What are we doing here?
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Forming
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What are we doing here?
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Forming
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Why do we have to be on this team?
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Storming
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This might work.
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Norming
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I like this.
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Performing
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Main advantage of a team...
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Synergy
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Main disadvantage of a team...
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It takes longer
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Characteristic of an effective team
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Same common goal
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Key rule to brainstorming
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Postpone criticism and evaluation
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The degree to which you fight for your position
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Assertiveness
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The degree to which you listen to the other position
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Cooperativeness
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Good - when it is dangerous
Bad - Doesn't solve the problem
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Avoid
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Good - Nature of game is competitive
Bad - Doesn't solve the problem
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Compete
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Good - More important to other person, know youre wrong
Bad - When you know you're right
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Accomodate
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Win-Win, Always good
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Collaborating
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