Management - Organizational Behavior Ch. 9
Organizational Behavior, Version 1.1
Bauer & Erdogan
FWK Test Item File
Chapter 9
TRUE/FALSE
1.In the 1980s, General Electric showed that empowering workers to work in teams can be a
profitable venture.
(True)
2.A group is a cohesive coalition of people working together to achieve mutual goals while a team
is a collection of individuals who interact with each other such that one person’s actions have
an impact on another’s.
(False)
3.Tuckman’s Group Development Stage Model sequences group evolution in the following order:
forming to norming to storming to performing.
(False)
4.The forming stage of group development involves member examination of such questions as
“What will my role be?” and “Will I be accepted?
(True)
5.The appointed leader is often tested during the performing phase of group development.
(False)
6.Because the storming stage is a very chaotic one, many groups get stuck in that phase of group
development.
(True)
7.The norming stage of group development involves the establishment of ground rules for the
group and an increased commitment to other members and the group goal.
(True)
8.The performing stage of group development involves attention to work content and process.
(True)
9.The adjourning stage of groups is seldom met with any emotional feelings or concern.
(False)
10.The punctuated equilibrium model proposed by Connie Gersick is a linear model.
(False)
11.The punctuated equilibrium model suggests that groups remain static for long periods of time
experiencing only incremental change and radical, revolutionary change occurs in brief,
punctuated bursts that provide opportunity for innovation.
(True)
