Which of the following statements is most accurate about cohesiveness and performance norms in groups?

O The group's productivity will be at a high level when the group's cohesiveness is at a low level and the group's performance norms are oriented toward low performance.

The group's cohesiveness is at a low level, the group's performance norms are oriented toward high performance, and the group's productivity is low.

The group's productivity is affected by the performance norms but not by the cohesiveness of the group.

The group's performance norms are oriented toward high performance, the group's cohesiveness is at a high level, and the group's productivity is high.

The group's cohesiveness is at a high level, the group's performance norms are oriented toward low performance, and the group's productivity is high.

Your project group meets for the first time and the group as a whole decides the direction of the project quickly. It appears that group members all agree on how to proceed with the project (even though some individuals in the group might not entirely agree with that direction). What is being described here?

positivity offset

O negative affect

groupthink

O groupshift

cognitive dissonance

Which of the following is the most accurate statement?

If a company uses work teams, you usually see less employee participation in decision making than you would see with other forms of organizing.

It is not common to see organizations use work teams as an approach to getting work done.

It is more flexible to go with traditional department groping than to use work teams.

When there is change in a company, work teams are less responsive to that change than are traditional department groupings.

An advantage of work teams is that they tend to have positive synergy due to the , coordination among team members.