MGT 3200 : Final Exam Textbook Objectives COMPLETED
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When is it more likely to occur? (p. 201) Social loafing is behavior in which team members withhold their efforts and fail to perform their share of the work. It"s more likely to occur in larger groups where identifying & monitoring the efforts of individual team members is difficult. spotted. Social loafers try to blend into the background where their lack of effort isn"t easily. Social loafers are slackers who contribute poor, very little, or no work at all: what is a cross-functional team? (p. 205) A team composed of employees from different functional areas of the organization: what is a virtual team? (p. 205) A team composed of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed co-workers who use telecommunication and info technologies to accomplish tasks: what is the principle advantage & disadvantage of virtual teams? (p. 205-206) Advantage: flexibility. (and are more efficient & require smaller time commitments than traditional teams)
