Organizational behavior

Question 1

cross functional teams

Answer 1

employees from the same level but different work areas, that work together

Question 2

team cohesion

Answer 2

emotionally attached teams working towards goal

Question 3

mental model

Answer 3

team members knowledge and belief how work gets done

Question 4

social identity thoery

Answer 4

perspectives that consider why individuals consider themselves members of a group

Question 5

in group favorism

Answer 5

viewing group better than outside people

Question 6

role conflict

Answer 6

situation where individual is confronted by divergent role expectations

Question 7

interrole conflict

Answer 7

exceptions of individuals differ, separate groups in opposition

Question 8

reference groups

Answer 8

important groups which individuals hope to belong or belong, conform

Question 9

status characteristics theory

Answer 9

hierarchies in group based on characteristics

Question 10

cohesiveness

Answer 10

degree which members are attached to each other and motivated to stay in group

Question 11

groupthink

Answer 11

norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action

Question 12

groupshift

Answer 12

change in groups decision

Question 13

nominal group technique

Answer 13

individuals meet face to face to pool their judgements

Question 14

trait theories of leadership

Answer 14

traits that differ leaders from non leaders

Question 15

initiating structure

Answer 15

how a leader defines and structures a goal of subordinates

Question 16

fielder contingency model

Answer 16

theory that effective groups depend on proper match between a leaders style of interacting with subordinate

Question 17

least preferred co woker

Answer 17

measure ether a person is task or relationship oriented

Question 18

position power

Answer 18

influence derived from ones formal structural position in the organization

Question 19

situational leadership theory

Answer 19

theory that focuses on followers readiness to accomplish specific task

Question 20

path goal theory

Answer 20

leaders job to assist followers in attaining their goals and to provide the necessary direction and support for the goal

Question 21

leader member exchange theory

Answer 21

a theory that supports leaders creation in group and out groups, in group having better status

Question 22

transactional leaders

Answer 22

leaders who guide or motivate their followers in the direction of established goals

Question 23

transformational leaders

Answer 23

leaders who inspire and act act role models and stimulate followers

Question 24

servant leadership

Answer 24

leader going beyond to help individuals grow

Question 25

attribution leadership theory

Answer 25

theory leadership is a attribution that people make about others

Question 26

substitutes

Answer 26

attributes such as experience or training that can replace the need for leaders support

Question 27

neutralizers

Answer 27

attributes that make it impossible for leader behavior to make any difference to outcomes