Multiple questions

Often temporary, this formal group is created with formal authority for a particular purpose.

1. A command group.

2. A task force.

3. A committee.

4. An interest group.

A decision-making phenomenon in which a group is so enamored with concurrence that the desire for consensus overrides and stifles the proposal and evaluation of realistic alternative is ________.

1. decision making fatigue.

2. conformity.

3. groupshift.

4. groupthink.

A group that was established for work in the first quarter of the year, faces an aggressive deadline for their project. They have a slow start, but then they pull together quickly by collaborating efficiently and creatively in ways that are new to the company. How this group has developed is best described as a process of ________.

1. management by objective

2. punctuated equilibrium.

3. model group development.

4. the midpoint crisis model.

When managers have a clear understanding of a group members role and all the components that make up that role, they can manage that group to success. What is the term used to describe a group members own views on how he or she is supposed to act in a particular role?

1. Role perceptions

2. Role expectations

3. Role identity

4. Role conflict