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Foundations of Business Administration (BU113)

Prof. Bauer-Ramazani

 

LECTURE GUIDE/QUIZ

Group/Team Management

 

DIRECTIONS:         Use the notes you took in class to complete the questions. 

1.      T/F     Team work belongs to the area of management.

 

2.      The purpose of the exercise of having several people lift up a male student from the floor to the table was to

a.       demonstrate that women are not as strong as men.

b.      demonstrate that more can be accomplished in a group than alone.

c.       bring some humor to the classroom.

d.      make fun of the students involved in this exercise.

 

3.      T/F     Each team will experience five stages of development.

 

4.      T/F     During the forming stage team members usually express strong disagreement.

 

5.      Cultural differences and different values/opinions may arise in the ___________ stage.

 

6.      The storming stage can be characterized (described) as a ________________________.

 

7.      Synonyms for norms are ____________ and ____________.

 

8.      T/F       During the norming stage group members obey and enforce the rules.

 

9.      T/F       During this stage everyone acts alike.

 

10.  T/F       During the performing stage everyone acts alike.

 

11.  T/F       Teams follow well-known rules during the _______________ stage.

 

12.  T/F        During the performing stage differences are accepted and used to the group's

                        advantage.

 

13.  T/F        In the Asian culture open conflict is accepted and expected.

 

14.  T/F        In the US culture it is not acceptable or expected to express conflict openly.

 

15.  T/F        Conflict is always bad.

© 2006  Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Saint Michael's College. Last updated: July 18, 2008