Quiz 5

Question 1

Laissez-faire leader

Answer 1

one who leads by being highly permissive

Question 2

instrumental/task-oriented leader

Answer 2

an individual who tries to keep group moving towards its goals

Question 3

iron law of oligarchy

Answer 3

Michels’ term for the tendency of formal organization to be dominated by small elite

Question 4

alienation

Answer 4

Marx’s term for workers’ lack of connection to the product of their labor. sense of powerlessness and normlessness; others use the term in general sense of not feeling a part of something

Question 5

reference group

Answer 5

a group whose standards we refer to as we evaluate ourselves

Question 6

primary vs secondary group

Answer 6

P-small group, long term

S-large group. more anon

Question 7

Bureaucracy Weber

Answer 7

1-assignments downwards and accountability upward
2-division of labor
3-written rules
4-written communications
5-impersonality and reputability

Question 8

aggregate

Answer 8

individuals who temporarily share the same physical space but who do not see themselves as belonging together

Question 9

bureaucracy

Answer 9

a formal organization with hierarchy of authority and a clear division of labor

Question 10

diversity training

Answer 10

efforts to minimize conflict among different backgrounds; usually in work setting

Question 11

group/social group

Answer 11

people who have things in common

Question 12

society

Answer 12

people who share culture

Question 13

social networks

Answer 13

the social ties radiating from the self that link people together

Question 14

socioemotional/expression leader

Answer 14

someone who increases harmony in a group

Question 15

coalitions

Answer 15

alignment of some members of group against others

Question 16

voluntary memberships, associations, organizations

Answer 16

groups made up of people who voluntarily organize on the basis of some mutual interest

Question 17

groupthink

Answer 17

narrowing of thought by a group of people; leading idea that there is only one correct answer