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24 Cards in this Set
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Activity Group
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A group formed primarily for members to participate in an activity such as bridge, bowling, hunting, and so forth.
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Committee
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A small group of people given an assigned task or responsibility by a larger group (parent organization) or person with authority.
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Ad hoc committee
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A group that goes out of existence after its specific task has been completed.
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Standing committee
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A group given an area of responsibility that includes many tasks and continues indefinitely.
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Ethics
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The rules or standards that a person or group uses to determine whether conduct or behavior is right and appropriate.
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Group
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Three or more people with an interdependent goal who interact and influence each other.
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Grouphate
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The feeling of antipathy and hostility that many people have against working in a group, fostered by the many ineffective, time-wasting groups that exist.
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Interdependent goal
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An objective shared by members of a small group in such a way that one member cannot achieve the goal without the other members also achieving it.
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Learning group
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A group conducting a learning discussion.
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Participant-observer
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An active participant in a small group who is at the same time observing and evaluating its processes and procedures.
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Personal growth group
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A group of people who come together to develop personal insights, overcome personality problems, and grow personally through feedback and support of others.
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Problem-solving group
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A group that discusses to devise a course of action to solve a problem.
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Quality control circle
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A group of employees meeting on company time to investigate work-related problems and to make recommendations for solving these problems.
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Secondary Group
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A group whose major purpose is to complete a task, such as making a decision, solving a problem, writing a report, or providing recommendations to a parent organization.
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Self-managed work group
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A small group of peers who determine within prescribed limits their own work schedules and procedures.
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Small group
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A group of at least three, but few enough members for each to perceive all others as individuals, who meet face-to-face, share some identity or common purpose, and share standards for governing their activities as members.
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Small group discussion
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A small group of people communicating with each other to achieve some interdependent goal, such as increased understanding, coordination of activity, or solution to a shared problem.
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Social loafer
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A person who makes a minimal contribution to the group and assumes the other members will take up the slack.
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Top management teams
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Teams composed of upper-level executives responsible for strategic planning and leading an organization.
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1. Explain why you need to understand small group communication and to participate productively in small group discussions.
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2. Use correctly the terms presented in this chapter, particularly group, small group, small group discussion, and ethics.
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3. Describe the difference between various primary and secondary groups.
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4. Consciously and intentionally become a participant-observer during group discussions.
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5. Describe the five ethical principles most relevant to small group communication.
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1. Members should be willing to speak and should not do anything to prevent others from speaking freely.
2. Group membershould embrace and work with diversity within the group. 3. Group members must conduct themselves with honest and integrity. 4. Group members should not disconfirm, belittle, or ridicule other members and should make sure they understand members before agreeing or disagreeing with them. 5. Group members should be thorough in gathering information and diligent in evaluating it. |
