Business Administration 2295F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 7,8,9,10: Westjet, Minority Group, Fax
27 Jan 2015
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Mos midterm 2 (chapters 7, 8, 9, 10) Chapter 7: groups and teamwork: what is a group common goal, group = two or more ppl interacting interdependently to achieve a. Interdependence means that members rely on each other to accomplish goals: group memberships are important because. Groups exert a tremendous amount of influence on us. Groups provide a context in which we are able to exert influence on others: formal work groups = groups that are established by orgs to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals. Ex: manager and the employees who report to that manager: task force, project teams: temporary groups that meet to achieve particular goals/solve particular problems, committees: permanent groups that handle recurrent assignments outside the usual work group structures. Most orgs consist of a series of formal, interlocked work groups: informal groups = groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of org members.
