Personnel Management_ Ceazar_Week 6

_________is the belief that one's own culture/nation is superior to all others.

___________ is the belief that other cultures are better than one's own culture/nation.

Practice of evaluating a culture by its own standards.

It provides some genetic explanation of individual differences.

They can be innate or learned. It is important for a manager to match skill and abilities with job specification and requirements.

It is a cognitive process which involves receiving a particular stimulus, organizing the stimulus in the brain, and translating and interpreting the stimulus that will influence behavior

In components of attitudes, it is the opinion or belief segment of an attitude.

In components of attitudes, it is the thoughts about the an attitude.

In components of attitudes, it is the emotional feeling segment of an attitude.

In components of attitudes, it reflects the intention to behave in certain way. It is the predispositions to act towards an attitude.

The four individual personality factors. Give at least ONE

It is a person’s generalized belief on internal control vs. External control.

This is an individual’s general feeling of his self-worth.

It is an individual’s belief on his ability to accomplish a specific task.

People who practice high ____________ pay attention to what action is appropriate to the situation.

These are positive and negative aspect of one’s self.

In a type of teams, they may be highly skilled with a mixture of different specializations and come together just to work on a single project. e.g. Car restoration team.

In a type of teams, they consist of highly skilled individuals who are entirely task-focused. e.g. Sports team, military combat team.

In a type of teams, these are teams involved in production or service like production line assembly teams, data processing teams.

In a type of teams, these include top level management teams, quality control circles, or financial planning teams. They are also called problem solving teams.

In element of team effectiveness, Members should be trained on how to accomplish their tasks more effectively.

In element of team effectiveness, there should be open communication among members.

In element of team effectiveness, the team must be given authority to make decisions.

In element of team effectiveness, efforts are rewarded as a team and not individually if tasks are accomplished in a team setting.

A type of intergroup conflict, when groups disagree on how to achieve a goal, they end up selecting the best alternatives.

A type of intergroup conflict, when groups disagree on the alternatives presented on achieving a goal and they end up without accomplishing anything.

In causes of intergroup conflict, when groups are interdependent of each other in accomplishing tasks, conflicts may arise.

In causes of intergroup conflict, different groups in the organizations have different goals and different expectations. e.g. Marketing group vs. Production group.

In causes of intergroup conflict, one group may look at itself as the one that increases the bottom line compared to the others. There can be intergroup competition and this can provoke conflicts.

In five approaches in resolving conflict, one group is dominating the other. Power is used in all its might just to win. However, this is sometimes useful especially during emergency situations. (Win-Lose)

In five approaches in resolving conflict, one group may give way to the other group by minimizing its concerns. The group which gives in is on the losing side because the very important issues have not been resolved. (Lose-Win)

In five approaches in resolving conflict, this is the best approach since both groups are willing to cooperate in order to come up with a favorable resolution to the problem. (Win-Win)

In five approaches in resolving conflict, both groups avoid possible confrontations and anticipate that nothing will be accomplished to solve a problem, both are on the losing side. (Lose-Lose)

In five approaches in resolving conflict, nothing is accomplished here. There is no distinct winner nor loser. (Neutral)

Is the study of how individual or group behavior is influenced by the presence and behavior of others.