Mgt 300 Exam #4

equity theory {Ans: focuses on employee perceptions as to how fairly they think they are being treated compared to others (Inputs, outputs, comparison)}job design {Ans: division of an organization's work among its employees and the application of motivational theories to jobs to increase satisfaction and performance}groupthink {Ans: a cohesive group's blind unwillingness to consider alternatives}hierarchy of needs theory {Ans: proposes that people are motivated by five levels of needs: 1) physiological, 2) safety, 3) love, 4) esteem, and 5) self-actualization}performing {Ans: members concentrate on solving problems and completing the assigned tasks}transformational leadership {Ans: focuses on clarifying employees' roles and task requirements and providing rewards and punishments contingent on performance}programmed conflict {Ans: designed to elicit different opinions without inciting people's personal feelings}expert power {Ans: results from one's specialized information or expertise}division of labor {Ans: Dividing a job into many specialized parts, with a single worker or a few workers assigned to each part; important to mass production}acquired needs theory {Ans: proposed by David McClelland that describes how a person's life experiences changes individual needs over time. Classified into three groups; achievement, affiliation or power, these needs are shaped by the experiences