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MGT 411
Exam 1
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Management
Graduate
09/13/2012

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Term

Team Context

integrated model of teamwork

Definition

Orinizational context within a team does its work.

-internal functioning and culture of team.

Term

Organizational Context

integrated model of teamwork

Definition

(external) structure of orginization

-IT, education, money, materials etc.

*policy, material and resources

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Team Design

integrated model of teamwork

Definition
Ovservable structre of a team: manager led, self managed...
Term

Team Culture

integrated model of teamwork

Definition

Personality of team

ex: norms

Term

KSA

(5) Skills

Definition

1) conflict resolution

2)collaborative problem solving

3)Communication

4) goal setting and performance mgt

5) Planning and task coordination

Term
Social Facilitation
Definition
The predictable enhancment in perfomance that occurs when people are in presence of others
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Social inhibition
Definition
people have a concern with thier performance and standards of excellence
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Social loafing
Definition
motionation loss- people in groups often do no work as hard as if alone.
Term
Pre-Planning
Definition
Planning before perfomring a task (if done, team will perform better than if skipped!)
Term
On-line Planning
Definition
Planning during the task
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High-performance orientation
Definition
reflects a deire to gain favorable judgments of perfomance or avoid negative judgements
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High-Learning Orientaiton
Definition
Reflects a desire to understand something novel or to increase competence in a task.
Term
Tactical teams
Definition

Key objective is to execture a clear plan

*clarity

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Problem-solving teams
Definition

Attempt to resolve problems on an ongoing basis

*key-trust and respect

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Creative teams
Definition

Objective to create something, think out of the box and question assumptions

*possiblities and alternitives

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Pooled interdependence

-task interdependence

Definition
Group members work independently and combine work.
Term

Diffusion of responsibiltiy

-Free rider cause

Definition
Hard to tell who puts in what work in a group assignment
Term

Dispensability of effort

Free rider cause

Definition
Feelings ones contributions will not be valuable.
Term

Sucker Aversion

Free rider cause

Definition
Concern someone will be left doing all the work, so to avoid being taken advatage of, doesn't offer to work.
Term
Positive illusion bias
Definition

People vew themselves as more talanted than others

-will likely lead to social loafing (false sense of contribution)

Term

Sequential interdependence

-task interdependence

Definition

Division of labor (assembly line)

-each member has particular skill or task to perform.

Term

Reciprocal interdepencence

-task interdependence

 

Definition
All members depend on on another at all levels. (highest for interdependence).
Term
Theory X managers
Definition
Believe employees dislike work and wish to avoid responsibilty, and desire security.
Term
Theroy Y managers
Definition
believe employees like work and wish to develop skills.
Term
Extrinsic inflation bias
Definition

Theory X and Y managers

x-employees dislike work

y-employees like work

Term

Homogenit Bias

-rater bias

Definition
Would rate similar person (white male rating white male) as same goals/ motives.
Term

Halo bias

-rater bias

Definition

percieving all info about someone based on one intial either positive or negative experiance.

-if positive experiance, positive rating...

Term

Fundamental Attribution error

-rater bias

Definition
tend to percieve people behaviors as reflecting their personality rather than a temporary response.
Term

Egocentric bias

-ratee bias

Definition
people feel under recognized for their work and rate self higher than others would give them.
Term

Intrinsic interest

-ratee bias

Definition

people are strongly motivated by intrinsic interest

ex: learning new things

Term
Group entativity
Definition

refers to degree which people percieve themselves to be a team.

"we" vs. "i"

Term
Group serving judgement
Definition

self protective function for team members by enhancing ego.

good performance- internal attribution (Self)

bad performance- external attrubutions (outside factor)

Term
Manager led teams
Definition

Manager sets goal and tells how to do it

 

Term
Self Managed Teams
Definition
Manager sets goal, team determines how to meet it.
Term
Self Directing Teams
Definition
Determine goals and how to achieve them.
Term
Self Governing Teams
Definition
Answers to no one.
Term
Personality
Definition
Combination of physical and mental characteristics we use to classify a nd describe a person.
Term
The Big Five Model
Definition

extroversion

agreeableness

conscientious

emotional stability

openness to experiance

Term

Big Five Model:

extroversion

Definition
one's comfort level with relationships
Term

Big Five Model:

Agreeableness

Definition
Refers to an individual's peropensity to be cooperative and trusting with others.
Term

Big Five Model:

Consientiousness

Definition
A measure of reliabiilty (responsibility or dependability)
Term

Big Five Model:

Emotional stability

Definition
Taps a person's ability to withstand stress.
Term

Big Five Model:

openness to experience

Definition
addresses an individual's range of interests and fascination with novelty.
Term
Myers-Briggs
Definition

Most widely used personality-assessment in the world

individualas are classified by- style of information gathering, evaluation of collected information

Term

Myers-Briggs:

sensing vs. intuitive

Definition

STYLE OF INFORMATION GATHERING:

Sensing- are practical and prefer to focus on detail.

Intuitive- rely on unoncious processes and look at the big picture.

Term

Myers-Briggs:

thinking vs. feeling

Definition

EVALUATION OF INFO

thinking- use reason and logic to handle problems

feeling- rely on their personal value and emotions (oriented toward conformity).

Term

Myers-Briggs:

judging vs. percieving

Definition

judging- want control and prefer thier world to be ordered and structured

perceiving-are flexible and spontaneous

Term

Myers-Briggs:

intovert vs. extrovert

Definition

introvert- are quiet and shy

extrovert- are outgoing, sociable, and assertive.

Term
Machiavellianism
Definition
Tendancy to manipulate and maintain emotional distance in search of personal gain.
Term
Locus of control
Definition
Belief that life is controlled by oneself (internal) rather than by outsiders.
Term
Self- Monitoring (peronality attribute)
Definition
extent to which individual is sensitive to external cues and can behave diferently depending on situation
Term
Risk propensity (personality attributes)
Definition
Make quick decisions with little information.
Term
Type A (personality attribute)
Definition
desire to achieve in less time; impaitent; create own deadlines.
Term
Herrmann Colors: Blue
Definition
logical, analytical, fact based, quantitiative.
Term
Herrmann Colors: Yellow
Definition

holisitc, intuitive, synthasizing, integrating.

Focus on big picture.

Term
Herrmann Colors: Green
Definition

orginized, sequential, planned, detailed.

focus on form.

Term
Herrmann Colors: Red
Definition

Emotional, feeling based, interpersonal, kinestetic.

Focus on feelings.

Term
Herrmann Colors: Thinking styles
Definition

Blue- Know (analyze, problem solve)

yellow- try (provide vision, stratagize)

green- do (plan, organize, implement)

red- sense (become involved, communicate)

 

-blue and green work well

-yellow and red work well

-blue contrasts with yellow and red, green contrasts with red and yellow

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