Understanding Dept.
This quality employees feel safe to take risks, express themselves freely, and innovate. (management theory)
What is trust?
The following is an example of the individual team’s concept: “It’s not fair for Professor Olsen to give us a midterm” (Individual)
What is Unnecessary Value Judgment?
This is the descriptive tool that helps the organization know where they are in the planning process. (Directing Team)
What is Decisionometer?
You reduce the amount of work you end up doing by at least half.
What is planning?
Which theory supports the idea that people are fundamentally lazy, stupid, and irresponsible? (management theory)
What is Theory X?
Which theory supports the idea that people are fundamentally energetic, intelligent, and responsible? (management theory)
What is Theory Y?
When the organization agrees on a plan together even though there are minor details that not every individual necessarily likes. (Group)
What is Rational Consensus?
Name one behavior that is deemed ineffective by the XB manual.
List can be found on page 106-107 of manual.
You have to trust me to place your rankings in excel. What team am I?
What is control?
Who is the best department head? Choose carefully.
What is All of the above?
This reveals clusters of friends, perhaps several, influential individuals, and some individuals not associated with groups. (informal)
What is a Sociogram?
This is an observation that only the individual can make about himself. It is best known as the “internal state". (Individual)
What is feeling?
Name one behavior that is deemed effective by the XB manual. (Effectiveness)
List can be found on page 108-110 of manual.
What are 2 characteristics of an effective control system?
What are Should be realistic, Allows for Self-control, Employees have control over the behavior measured, and Control measures do not contradict each other?
The following is an example of which behavior? “From the discussion, it is obvious that we are frustrated that people are not submitting their individual memos on time”. (Group)
What is Summarizing?
We depend upon this to track how much responsibility individuals are taking and depend on a computer to process the data. (formal)
What is technology?
This term refers to when a member attempts to reflect what another member is saying by restating their state of feeling as if they were that person. (Dyad)
What is Paraphrasing?
Name one setback of a computer based information system (Communications)
What is Computer blindness or Technomania?
What are the stages of the control cycle?
What are Set standard, Act, Measure Performance, Compare, Act if necessary, and Revise Standard?
What is the very last phrase of the XB Pledge?
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Which stage of development from the informal team describes when a member of a group has differing opinions than others in the group and doesn't perceive conflict as a threat?
What is storming?
The following example shows which behavior? “Do you guys know if there is an RTF memo due over break? (Group)
What is seeking information?
Name at least 3 steps in making a rational decision (Directing Team)
What is warm up decision making group, observe, apply concept/theory, set goal, set alternatives/consequences, choose, plan action?
What are some forms of compensation in exchange for your work in XB?
What are skills, education, responsibility and working conditions?
What does the following example represent: “After our discussion, it seems that one XB member doesn’t like working in groups” (Individual)
What is inference?