Groups and organization

Question 1

Aggregate

Answer 1

A collective of people who happen to be in the same time but share something else in common

Question 2

Category

Answer 2

A number of people who may never have met one another but share a similar characteristic, such as education level, age, race, or gender.

Question 3

Ingroup

Answer 3

A group to which a person belongs and with which the person feels a sense of identity.

Question 4

Outgroup

Answer 4

A group to which a person does not belong and toward which the person may feel a sense of competitiveness or hostility.

Question 5

Reference group

Answer 5

A group that strongly influence a person’s behavior and social attitudes, regardless of whether that individual is an actual member

Question 6

Instrumental leadership

Answer 6

goal or task oriented leadership

Question 7

Expressive leadership

Answer 7

an approach to leadership that provides emotional support for members.

Question 8

Authoritative leadership

Answer 8

People who make all major group decisions and assign tasks to members

Question 9

Democratic leaders

Answer 9

Leaders who encourage group discussion making through consensus building.

Question 10

laissez faire leaders

Answer 10

leaders are only minimally involved in decisions making who encourage group members to make their own decisions

Question 11

Conformity

Answer 11

The process of maintaining or changing behavior to company with the norms established by a society, subculture, or other group.

Question 12

Groupthink

Answer 12

The process by which members of a cohesive group arrive at a decision that many individual members privately believe in unwise.

Question 13

Bureaucracy

Answer 13

Organizational model characterized by a hierarchy of authority , clear division of labor, explicit rules and procedures, and impersonality in personal matters.

Question 14

Rationality

Answer 14

Traditional methods of social organization, characterized by informality and spontaneity are gradually replaced by efficiently administered formal rules and procedures.

Question 15

Goal displacement

Answer 15

Process occurs in organizations when rules become the end in themselves rather than a means to an end and organizational survival becomes more important than achievement of goals

Question 16

Bureaucratic personality

Answer 16

Psychologically that describes those workers who are more concerned with following correct procedures than they are with getting the job done correctly.