Reference no: EM132298190
1. In the communication field, the ability to influence others is known as:
Social loafing
Leadership
Egocentric communication
Power
2. This is a type of communication that helps a group get organized and stay on track:
Synergy
Procedural communication
Social climbing
Brainstorming
3. A special kind of group characterized by different, complementary resources of members and by a strong sense of collective identity is called a:
Team
Family
Gang
Group
4. A special kind of collaborative vitality that enhances the efforts, talents and strengths of individual members is known as:
Group dynamics
Energy
Synergy
Leadership
5. A creative technique to generate as many ideas as possible, without criticism is called:
Brainstorming
Brainwashing
Procedural communication
Social climbing
6. This is what happens when members of a group exert less effort than they would if they worked alone:
Social norms
Power napping
Goldbricking
Social loafing
7. The ability to help or harm others is considered:
Power to
Brainstorming
Power over
Brainwashing
8. Guidelines that regulate how members act as well as how they interact with each other are called:
Nonsense
Social climbing
Group dynamics
Norms
9. The process of establishing and maintaining a good working climate, organizing group processes, and ensuring that discussion is substantive is known as:
Egocentric communication
Lederhosen
Leadership
Power
10. The attempt to increase personal status in a group by winning the approval of high-status members is called:
Social communication
Social climbing
Social surfing
Social loafing
11. The ability to empower others to reach their goals is known as:
Power over
Power distance
Power to
PowerPoint
12. A type of dysfunctional communication that blocks productive discussion and sabotages a healthy climate is known as:
Procedural communication
Selective listening
Egocentric communication
Defensive listening
13. Three or more people who interact over time, depend on one another, and follow shared rules of conduct to reach a common goal are known as a:
Party
Group
Coffee Klatch
Team
14. Formal statements of practices that reflect and uphold the overall culture of an organization are known as:
Rules
Laws
Regulations
Policies
15. Forms of communication that occur regularly and that members of an organization perceive as familiar and routine parts of organizational life are called:
Political
Ritual
Procedural
Rite
16. Communication scholars call patterned ways of interacting:
Structure
Rituals
Rules
Organizational culture
17. The way relationships and interaction is organized between members of an organization is known as:
Roles
Rituals
Structures
Rites
18. Hostile behavior aimed at a specific coworker that recurs over a length of time is called:
Workplace bullying
Hot-headed
Marriage
Hierarchical language
19. Formal and informal links between members of organizations are known as:
Email
Electronic memo
Hierarchical language
Communication network
20. Tales that convey the values, style, and history of an organization are known as:
Corporate fiction
Corporate stories
Ritual
Organizational culture
21. A vocabulary that designates status is called:
High-falutin' language
Hierarchical language
Organic language
Organizational language
22. A system of values, behaviors, practices, and forms of communication that are shared by members of an organization and that reflects an organization’s identity is called:
Rituals
Policies
Organizational culture
Oragami culture
23. The most obvious communication dimension of organizational culture is known as:
Hierachical language
Organizational culture
Acidophilus culture
Vocabulary
24. Dramatic, planned sets of activities that bring together aspects of cultural ideology in a single event are known as a:
Structures
Rite
Ritual
Cultural organization
25. Responsibilities and behaviors expected of people because of their specific positions in an organization are known as their:
Rock n Roll
Organizational culture
Role
Cultural organization