Organizational Behavior $($MGMT $344)$

Fall $2023$

Assignment $6$:

Directions; Read Chapter $7$ of the textbook as well as the lecture slides on the blackboard. Answer the following discussion questions. Answers should be fully developed and answer all parts of the question.

Submit the assignment via the assignment link on the blackboard by November $21,2023$

Discussion Questions

$1.$ Identify several different groups that you belong to and classify them as one of the group types discussed in this chapter.

$2.$ Think about an effective team you have been on$.$ What made it effective? Think about an underperforming team you have been on$.$ Why was it underperforming?

$3.$ Are any of the groups to which you belong too large or too small to get their work done? If so$,$ what can the leader or the members do to alleviate the problem?

$4.$ List two norms each for two of the groups to which you belong. How are these norms enforced?

$5.$ Discuss the following statement: $$Group cohesiveness is the good, warm feeling we get from working in groups and is something that all group leaders should strive to develop in the groups they lead.$$

$6.$ Some say that changing to a team$-$based arrangement $$just makes sense$$ for organizations. What are the four primary reasons why this might be so$?$

$7.$ Do you think a team contract would improve the effectiveness of teams? Why or why not?

$8.$ Which do you feel is more important to team performance: informational diversity or demographic diversity? Why? Do multicultural teams increase this type of diversity? If so$,$ how?