MGT 310 Chapter 2

A person's performance declines despite incentives for optimal performance

Predicatable enhancement in performance that occurs when people are in the presence of others

When people are in the center of attention and they are concerned with descrepencies between their performance and standards of excellence

The belief that the group has in themselves. a significant predictor of actual performance

Less capable memebers work harder

Accounts for the conditions that may produce motivational gains in groups

Diffusion of responsibility - an individual does not feel individually responsible (deindividuation)

A reduced sense of self-efficacy - not voting because my vote wont matter anyway

the "sucker effect" - when every1 wants to avoid being taken advantage of (some1 left to do all the work and not getting all the credit)

When the least capable member of the team feels particularly indispensible for group success, the group experiences "social striving" meaning that they work hard to achieve their goals

Unwarranted beliefs in one's own superiority and can wreck havoc in teams

Productivity

cohesion

learning

integration

A team can reach the same outcome from various inital conditions and by a variety of means

AP=PP+S-T

PP (potential productivity) - requirements imposed on the team by the task itself and the rules governing task performance.

Tasks determine both the resources needed for optimal performance and hot to combine resources.

Relevent abilities, skills, and toold possessed by people attempting to perform the task

Concerns the teams use resources to meet task demands