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MGT 105 – Module 7 Homework Assignment
This assignment requires that you submit a Turnitin Originality Report with your assignment. Please refer to the homework assignment instructions found in your iBoard course. Your assignment may be returned without a passing grade if you do not include the Turnitin Originality Report along with your assignment submission.
SHORT RESPONSE
Directions: Submit your responses to the questions below. Responses to the Short response submissions may not be copied from the text book, the Lecture Notes, or the internet. The responses need to be in your own words. Each response should be at least 100 words.
1. What is a group? Describe the three different types of groups and indicate the similarities and differences among them. What is the difference between a group and a team?
2. What are the stages of group development? Do all teams develop through all the stages discussed in this chapter? Why or why not? How might the management of a mature team differ from the management of teams that are not yet mature?
3. Describe the development of a role within a group. Tell how each role leads to the next.
4. Identify two examples of informal leaders. Can a person be a formal and an informal leader at the same time?
5. What is your experience with teamwork? Have you ever undertaken a solo project which, in retrospect, would have benefitted from a team-based approach? If you have ever been part of a team, either permanent or formed to tackle a specific set of problems, explain why, in your opinion, it succeeded (or failed) at its appointed task(s)?
6. Describe the causes of conflict in organizations. What can a manager do to control conflict? To resolve and eliminate conflict?
