Term 1: Teamwork, Leadership, and Reinforcement Schedules, Quizzes of Introduction to Business Management

Download Term 1: Teamwork, Leadership, and Reinforcement Schedules and more Quizzes Introduction to Business Management in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 1. What is social loafing? When is it more likely to occur? (p. 201) DEFINITION 1 Social Loafing: When workers withhold their efforts and fail to perform their share of the work Disadvantage of work teams When is it more likely to occur? Larger Groups Where identifying and monitoring the efforts of individual team members can be difficult TERM 2 2. What is a cross-functional team? (p. 205) DEFINITION 2 Cross-functional team: A team composed of employees from different functional areas of the organization TERM 3 3. What is a virtual team? (p. 205) DEFINITION 3 Virtual Team: A team composed of geographically and/ or organizationally dispersed coworkers who use telecommunication and information technologies to accomplish an organizational task TERM 4 4. What is the principle advantage? Disadvantage of virtual teams? (p. 205-206) DEFINITION 4 Advantage of virtual teams: Flexibility Ex: Employees can work with each other regardless of physical location, time zone, or organizational affiliation Disadvantage of Virtual teams: The team members must learn to express themselves in new contexts TERM 5 5. What's a continuous reinforcement schedule? (p. 284) DEFINITION 5 Continuous reinforcement schedule: A schedule that requires a consequence to be administered following every instance of a behavior TERM 6 6. What's an intermittent reinforcement schedule? (p. 284) DEFINITION 6 Intermittent reinforcement schedule: A schedule in which consequences are delivered after a specified or average time has elapsed after a specified or average number of behaviors has occured TERM 7 7. What's a fixed interval reinforcement schedule? Variable interval reinforcement schedule? (p. 284-285) DEFINITION 7 Fixed interval reinforcement schedule: An intermittent schedule in which consequences follow a behavior only after a fixed time has elapsed Variable interval reinforcement schedule: An intermittent schedule in which the time between a behavior and the following consequences varies around a specified average TERM 8 8. What's a fixed ratio reinforcement schedule? Variable ratio reinforcement schedule? (p. 285-286) DEFINITION 8 Fixed ratio reinforcement schedule: An intermittent schedule in which consequences are delivered following a specific number of behaviors Variable ratio reinforcement schedule: An intermittent schedule in which consequences are delivered following a different number of behaviors, sometimes more and sometimes less, that vary around a specified average number of behaviors TERM 9 9. What is visionary leadership? (p. 309) DEFINITION 9 Visionary Leadership: Leadership that creates a positive image of the future that motivates organizational members and provides direction for future planning and goal setting TERM 10 10. What is charismatic leadership? (p. 309) DEFINITION 10 Charismatic Leadership: The behavioral tendencies and personal characteristics of leaders that create an exceptionally strong relationship between them and their followers