What is the difference between a team and a small group?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. A team is a particular kind of small group. As such, it possesses all of the characteristics of the small group, as well as some additional qualities.
2. Drawing on a number of small group researchers in communication and organizational theory, a team can be defined as a small group (1) constructed for a specific task, (2) whose members have clearly defined roles and (3) are committed to achieving the same goal, and (4) which is content focused.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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A group member who feels uncomfortable making decisions probably uses an avoidant decision making style

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Ernie Pyle:

a. was a World War II photographer. b. wrote stories during World War II that debunked the “glory” of war. c. was an assistant to Mathew Brady who later became a photographer. d. was killed covering the Vietnam War.

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What limitations do the web, as a news medium, practically eliminate, as explained in the text?

a. lack of content and creativity b. lack of breaking news and coverage c. lack of photos and other images d. lack of time and space

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