John Baird (1977) defines a group as a collection of two or more persons who

a. have no organizational structure.
b. communicate over time to achieve personal and group goals.
c. have nothing in common except to achieve group goals
d. both a and b.


Answer: B

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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a. twenty; fifty. b. fifty; eighty-five. c. sixty-five; ninety-three. d. ninety; one hundred.

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