Which of the following accurately differentiates between work ...

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Which of the following accurately differentiates between work groups and work teams?
 
  A) Work groups are used by top-management employees, while work teams are used by lower-level workers.
  B) Work groups are used for functions relating to areas of the external environment, while work teams are exclusively used for departmental problems and issues.
  C) Work groups involve members who have complementary skills, while work teams use employees who have random and varied skills.
  D) Work teams generate a potential for an organization to generate greater outputs with no increase in inputs, while work groups cannot perform this function.
  E) Work teams represent the mere accumulation of individual efforts, while work groups generate a positive synergy within the organization.

Question 2

Studying facial expressions is a good way to identify basic emotions.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer to Question 1

D
Explanation: D) A work team generates positive synergy through coordinated effort. The individual efforts result in a level of performance greater than the sum of those individual inputs. Work teams aim at the goal of collective performance, apply complementary skills, and promote individual and mutual accountability for group results.

Answer to Question 2

FALSE
Explanation: Psychologists try to identify basic emotions by studying facial expressions but have found the process difficult. One problem is that some emotions are too complex to be easily represented on our faces.