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Groups and Alliances in Culture in Communication MCQ

___________ means Includes the specialized words or jargon organizational members use; often used to demonstrate who is an in-group member.

Vocabulary

Storming

Relevant Constructs

Stories

Answer

Correct Answer: Vocabulary

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A stage within group or team formation that is characterized by conflict is called __________.

Vocabulary

Storming

Relevant Constructs

Stories

Answer

Correct Answer: Storming

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Stories are two ways cultural members share experiences and build meaning with each other.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Rites are formalized events in cultural membership.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Shared, global understandings of objects, individuals and processes in an organizational culture is known as :

Rites

Relevant Constructs

Stories

Rituals

Answer

Correct Answer: Relevant Constructs

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The processes organizational members use to achieve common goals is known as Practices.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The stage in group development where members function productively to achieve individual and common tasks is known as:

Norming

Metaphors

Organizational Culture

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Performing

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Communication as constitutive of the ___________ norms, language and roles of an organization.

Stories

Values

Expectations

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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A stage in group development where members establish their norms, roles and common expectations is called ___________.

Norming

Metaphors

Organizational Culture

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Norming

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_____________ is describing one experience in terms of another—for example, a social system is a choreographed dance between individuals.

Norming

Metaphors

Organizational Culture

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Metaphors

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Forming is the 2nd stage in group formation where members begin to identify tasks, set ground rules and develop boundaries.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Social knowledge and common understandings of how a given organization functions.

Facts

Reality

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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Collaborative learning is an arrangement where students build knowledge ____________.

Together

Small groups

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Both

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When a group agrees to disband after completing its tasks is known as _____________ .

Facts

Adjourning

Forming

Metaphors

Answer

Correct Answer: Adjourning

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Alliance is an intentional relationship, characterized by interdependence and shared commitment to social change.

Individual change

Social change

Both

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Social change

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___________________ are formalized events such as initiation into a fraternity/sorority.

Rites

Metaphor

Story

Ritual

Answer

Correct Answer: Rites

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_________________ are the repeated and common experiences you might have, such as a study night or exercise routine.

Rites

Metaphor

Story

Ritual

Answer

Correct Answer: Ritual

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_________________ shared with other organizational members make commonplace experiences within the organization.

Vocabulary

Metaphors

Stories

Rites

Answer

Correct Answer: Stories

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___________________ is the specialized words or jargon that organizational members use.

Vocabulary

Metaphor

Story

Ritual

Answer

Correct Answer: Vocabulary

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__________________ are shared, global understandings of objects, individuals and processes.

Relevant constructs

Facts

Practices

Metaphors

Answer

Correct Answer: Relevant constructs

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In the ________________ stage, a group has completed its tasks and no longer needs to keep meeting.

Adjourning

Storming

Norming

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Adjourning

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The _______________ stage is where the group begins to run more like a well-oiled machine. Although conflict may still be present, group members have identified ways to move through conflict productively.

Adjourning

Storming

Norming

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Performing

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In this stage, new roles and standards develop among group members, creating the “norms” of the group.

Adjourning

Storming

Norming

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Norming

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The ______________stage is about conflict within the group, especially over interpersonal issues.

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Storming

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____________ is the stage where the group actually comes to be.

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Answer

Correct Answer: Forming

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__________________ refer to the process of how members complete certain projects in order to make the organization run.

Relevant constructs

Facts

Practices

Metaphors

Answer

Correct Answer: Practices

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__________________represent social knowledge and commonly understood explanations of “how and why the organization operates the way it does” (Pacanowsky & O’Donnell-Trujillo, 1982, p. 124).

Relevant constructs

Facts

Practices

Metaphors

Answer

Correct Answer: Facts

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