Tuckman s Model of Group Development

  1. During which stage of Tuckman s Model of Group Development would you expect team cohesiveness to be HIGHEST?
    a. Forming
    b. Storming
    c. Norming
    d. Adjourning
  2. The self-driving car industry requires input from many industries (transportation, computer programming, batteries/ petroleum, etc.) and has rapidly evolving technological and legal factors. Recent high-profile accidents have also resulted in changing public opinion. Which of the following make it more difficult to conduct a thorough and accurate environment analysis on this industry?
    a. Environmental complexity
    b. Environmental uncertainty
    c. Environmental dynamism
    d. All the above
  3. Which of the following factors prevents anyone from making a perfectly rational decision?
    a. Maximizing
    b. Principle of exception
    c. Integrity
    d. Bounded Rationality
  4. I have been given a long-term, big picture goal by my boss, and its my job to create more specific, smaller goals that the people beneath me can strategically plan around. Which level of management best describes my position?
    a. Top-level management
    b. Middle management
    c. Frist-line management
    d. C-Suite management
  5. A company with a clear mission, vision, and set of values and on in-depth on -boarding/ socialization is process is Most likely to use which type of control?
    a. Normative
    b. Bureaucratic
    c. Concertive
    d. Output
  6. Andre needs to quickly and adequately solve a problem. Speed is more important than finding the best solution. In making his decision, Andre should __.
    a. Maximize
    b. Groupthink
    c. Satisfice
    d. All of the above
  7. Which management theory or perspective MOST clearly underlies the use of both clan control and concertive control systems?
    a. Scientific Management
    b. Administrative Management
    c. Weber s Bureaucracy
    d. Human Relations
  8. Which control mechanism would MOST likely deter employees from implementing radically creative ideas?
    a. Clan control
    b. Output control
    c. Normative control
    d. Objective control
  9. All teams are groups, but not all groups are teams. Which of the following could NOT be used to describe a team?
    a. Members undertake a common task or goal
    b. Members complete their work separately and only combine their pieces at the end.
    c. Members have complementary skills
    d. Members interact with each other meet goals
  10. Widget-makers, Inc. manufactures four different kinds of widgets at its four factories. Each factory and its employees specialize in one type of widget, and the firm has conducted research to design its production lines and job roles, so they are maximally efficient., requiring each employee to follow strict procedures to complete his or her job’s small widget component. The firm also carefully monitors employee productivity numbers to gauge who should be fired., trained, and promoted and reporting roles within the firm are strictly specified. Given this description, which of the following can you NOT conclude to be present at Widget-makers, Inc.?
    a. Objective control
    b. Scientific management
    c. Weber’s bureaucracy
    d. Normative control
  11. A restaurant just off campus is seeking a li