final Flashcards
groups
Have a clear leader and two war members who perform independent jobs with individual accountability evaluation and rewards
teams
our groups whose members share leadership and whose members perform interdependent jobs with individual and group accountability rewards
Group performance model
Performance is a function of organizational context, group structure, group process, and group development stage
Group structure dimension
Group leadership, type size, composition, and objectives
Group types
Formal or informal, functional or cross, functional and command or task
command Group
Managers and their staff
tasks groups
Compose a staff who work on specific objectives they are committees
task forces or ad hoc Committees
Temporary groups form for a specific purpose
standing commitees
Our permanent group that work on ongoing organizational issues
True or false there is an ideal group size
False, no idea ideal group size
social loafers or free riders
Let others see the work
Group composition
Mix a member of skills and abilities
Group process dimensions/Group dynamics/Relational dynamics
Are rules, norms, cohesiveness, status, decision-making, and conflict resolution
job roles
Shared expectations of how group members will fulfill the requirements of their position
Group role
Focus on how people interact as they do their job
task role
action oriented behaviors
maintenance role
relationship oriented, people oriented behaviors
self interest role
help themselves but hurt group
norms
groups shared expectations of members behavior
Group cohesiveness
extent to which member stick together
six factors influence cohesiveness
objectives call mom size, homogeneity, participation, competition, success
status
is the perceived ranking of one member relative to other members in the group?
status is based on factors
performance, job, title, salary, seniority, expertise, people, skills, appearance, and education
status congruence
Acceptance and satisfaction that members received from their status in the groups team performance
six group processes (affect systems into relationships)
Cohesiveness, status, decision-making, conflict, resolution,roles, norms
stages of group development
orientation, dissatisfaction resolution, production, and termination
describe the five major stages of group development in the leadership style appropriate for each stage
stage one: orientation – autocratic leadership style
stage two dissatisfaction – consultative leadership style
stage three resolution – participative leadership style
Stage four production – empowerment leadership style
Stage five termination/adjorning
how to plan a meeting
Set objectives select participants make assignments set the agenda and time and place,lead the meeting
three parts to an effective meeting
meeting on time and identify objectives, cover agenda, items in priority order, summarize, and review assignments and in media on time
identify problem members in a group
silent ones, talkers, wanderers, argue, the board, social loafers
Communication
Process of transmitting information and meeting. Foundation of people skills.
formal channel informal channel
formal channel flows vertically and horizo, which is between coworkers and informal through the grapevine and many directions
four steps in the communication process
Sender, encodes message, sender transmits the message use a formal communication to send the message to the receiver, the receiver decodes a message by translating the message into a meaningful form, receiver may give feedback
barriers to communication
The words, we choose information overload, logic and order, the channel shoe doesn’t fit, trust, credibility, failure to listen, our emotions, distortion, language, and culture
channels
convey information and meaning
nonverbal communication
Setting body language, Vakill quality,gestures, posture
oral channels
Face-to-face communications, meetings, presentations, telephone, and cell phone calls, voicemail
written channels
Memos, letters – snail mail, which is formal messages to people outside the organization – faxes and skinny attachments, reports for formally conveyed information, evaluation, analysis and recommendations, newsletters for convey general information to the entire organization, bulletin board notices for supplementing other channels, and for wide dissemination of public info, signs or posters for permanent reminders of important info, such as mission statements, safety, instructions, and universal symbol, such as hexagonal stop sign
ecomm
commonly used for all written channels, technology
writing tips
organize your thoughts, decide content, Check out line,
follow the one – 5–15 rule limit each paragraph to one topic with the average of five sentences the average 15 words right in active voice
Sport information department SID
Responsible for organizing and writing press releases
media richness
Amount of info in meaning that channel can transmit face-to-face talk is the richest channel
message sending process
develop report, state your communication, objective, transmit your message, check, receivers, understanding, commitment, and follow up
feedback
process of verified messages and feeds back to send her the original info, meaning or intent transmitted in the message
most common reason that messages failed to communicate
Lack of feedback
how can the sender ask the receiver Check Understanding
Questioning, paraphrasing, and Celestine comments and suggestions are always you can
why do people not like to solicit feedback?
They don’t want the center to feel ignorant they don’t want themselves to feel ignorant or they are ignorant
how to solicit feedback
paraphrasing, no dumb questions, tune into your own nonverbal and receivers nonverbal, receiver questions
message receiving process
listening, analyzing, (wait to evaluate)and checking and understanding (paraphrase, watch nonverbals)
how to become a better listen
process of giving the speaker, your undivided attention
retentive listening
Results and remembering the message by concentrating and undivided attention
response styles
advisor, diverter, prober, reassure, reflector
Advisor response
Close, limit, or redirect the flow of communication
diverter’s response
Switch to focus to a new message – what we commonly call, changing the subject. Tend to redirect, or limit the flow of communication.
prober response
Ask her to give more info about some aspect of the message so the proper can better understand the situation
reassure response
Makes statements to reduce the intensity of the emotions associated with the message in order to be able to sinners confidence. They say things like don’t worry Everything will be OK
reflector response
Reflecting, paraphrases the message and communicates understanding and acceptance. One reflecting, do not use the sinners exact words it is mimicking and dust patronizing.
Reflecting needs the most effective communication and the best human relations
Coaches, athletes and general managers can improve communication performance by practicing good reflection skills
True or false our brain cannot be both rational and highly emotional at the same time – emotions
true. Rationality is not about getting rid of emotions. It’s about analyzing them and taking them into consideration when making decisions.