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Brainstorming
Involves generating ideas through "Freewheeling" and without criticism.
Centralized Communication Networks
Link group members through a central control point.
Consensus
Is a group decision that has the expressed support of most members.
Decentralized Communication Networks
Members communicate directly with one another.
Delphi Technique
Involves generating decision making alternatives through a series of survey questioners.
Diversity-Consensus Dilemma
Is the tendency for diversity in groups to create process difficulties even as it offers improved potential for problem solving.
Effective Groups
Achieve high levels of task performance, member satisfaction, and team viability.
FIRO-b Theory
Examines differences in how people relate to one another based on their needs to express and receive feelings of inclusion, control, and affection.
Formal Groups
Are officially designated for specific organizational purposes.
Group Dynamics
Are the forces operating in groups that affect the ways members work together.
Groups
Involves two or more people working together regularly to achieve common goals.
Groupthink
Is the tendency of cohesive group members to lose their critical evaluative capabilities.
Informal Groups
Are unofficial and emerged to serve special interests.
Intergroup Dynamics
Are relationships between groups cooperating and competing with one another.
Nominal Group Technique
Involves structured rules for generating and prioritizing ideas.
Restricted Communication Networks
Link sub groups that disagree with one anothers positions.
Social Facilitation
Is the tendency for ones behavior to be influenced by the presence of others in a group.
Social Loafing
Occurs when people work less hard in groups than they would individually.
Status Congruence
Involves consistency between a person's status withing and outside a group.
Synergy
Is the creation of a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Virtual Groups
Work together via computer networks.
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Politowj
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Chapter 8
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Exam 2
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2009-10-19T01:10:04Z
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