1. Why do all organizations need to rely on groups and teams to achieve their goals and gaina competitive advantage? A group = two or more people who work together to achieve certain goals or meet certain needs.A team = a group of people work together to achieve a specific common goal or objective.Because of the sheer dynamics of either a group or a team and how they function within anorganization, these units can help an organization gain an advantage over their competitors, serve asperformance enhancers, provide increased customer service, encourage more innovated work by theemployees, and serve as motivators for all members of the groups and teams. Each of these itemscan result in an increased advantage over the competitor
6. Why do some groups have very low levels of cohesiveness?
Group size is one factor, with members of small groups more motivated and committed than members of large groups. A group with low cohesiveness might just be too large. Second, in forming groups, managers need to select members who have a diversity in knowledge, skills, and experience. Managers need to make sure that diversity is effectively managed, because if it is not, it may lead to 5. Discuss the reasons why too much conformity can hurt groups and their organizations.Too much conformity can result in conforming to norms even when they are dysfunctional which will ultimately hurt the organization and their end goals. Too much conformity also throws offthe balance of conformity and deviance. Deviance can be an important element to a group because it forces individual members to reflect on their actions and then change them if they find their actions are inappropriate. 2. what kinds of employees would prefer to work in a virtual team? What kinds of employees would prefer to work in a team that meets face-to-face? Employees who prefer working in a virtual team would likely be independent, self-starters. They would also already possess a high-degree of skills and would, therefore, not require intensive training or close supervision.Employees preferring to work face-to-face, on the other hand, would tend to enjoy social interaction and to be motivated byworking closely with others.Employees with fewer skills or less experience would alsobe likely to need more face-to-face contact for training purposes.

3. Think about a group that you are a member of, and describe the stage of development thatyour group is currently in. Does the development of this group seem to be following theforming-storming-norming-performing-adjourning stages described in the chapter?

The stages of development that groups go through in the process of achieving their goalsinclude forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. When team membersinitially get to know each other and establish a group objective and understanding of thegoal, it is ―forming.‖ Storming often occurs within groups, characterized by conflict anddisagreement between group members. The third stage, norming, occurs when close tiesform between group members and feelings of friendship and camaraderie emerge.Performing is when the work is done and the group effectively completes their task orobjective. Adjourning applies only to groups that are eventually dissolved, and groupmembers leave the group, perhaps to work in other groups where their services are needed.