{"id":1032,"date":"2025-04-30T19:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1032"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T19:55:48","slug":"assessment-how-do-you-behave-in-groups","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/chapter\/assessment-how-do-you-behave-in-groups\/","title":{"raw":"Assessment: How Do You Behave in Groups?","rendered":"Assessment: How Do You Behave in Groups?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p id=\"back-matter-127-section-5\" class=\"section-header textbox__title\"><em>Download a <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2278\/2022\/04\/Appendix-B-Self-assessments-How-Do-You-Behave-in-Groups.pdf\">PDF version<\/a> of this assessment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Instructions: <\/strong>Think of a typical group situation where you often find yourself (e.g., a club, study group, small work group), and answer the following items as accurately as possible.\r\n<table class=\"lines\" style=\"height: 195px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\"><strong>In a group, how often do you:<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\"><strong>Never<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\"><strong>Seldom<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\"><strong>Fairly Often<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\"><strong>Frequently<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">1. Keep the group focused on the task at hand.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">2. Help the group clarify the issues.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">3. Pull various ideas together.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">4. Push the group to make a decision or complete a task.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">5. Support and encourage other group members.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">6. Try to reduce interpersonal conflicts.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">7. Help the group reach a compromise.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">8. Assist in maintaining group harmony.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">9. Seek personal recognition from other group members.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">10. Try to dominate group activities.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">11. Avoid unpleasant or undesirable group activities.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">12. Express your impatience or hostility with the group.<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<strong>Scoring<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis questionnaire asks you to describe your behavior within a group setting. To score the instrument, add your scores for the three categories of behavior.\r\n<div id=\"app02untab02\" class=\"os-table\">\r\n<table class=\"unnumbered\" data-id=\"app02untab02\" data-label=\"\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Task-oriented behavior<\/td>\r\n<td>(Add up items 1\u20134)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Relations-oriented behavior<\/td>\r\n<td>(Add up items 5\u20138)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Self-oriented behavior<\/td>\r\n<td>(Add up items 9\u201312)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p id=\"fs-idm192489696\">Examine the resulting pattern in your answers. As usual, there are no correct or incorrect answers. Instead, this is an opportunity to view how you describe your own role-related activities in a group. What did you learn about yourself? How does your role in a group differ from those of other individuals?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>References<\/h3>\r\nThis section is adapted from:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/organizational-behavior\/pages\/9-management-skills-application-exercises\">Chapter 9: Group and Intergroup Relations<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/organizational-behavior\">Organizational Behaviour\u00a0<\/a>by Rice University, OpenStax and is licensed under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,<\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise noted.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p id=\"back-matter-127-section-5\" class=\"section-header textbox__title\"><em>Download a <a href=\"https:\/\/ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2278\/2022\/04\/Appendix-B-Self-assessments-How-Do-You-Behave-in-Groups.pdf\">PDF version<\/a> of this assessment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instructions: <\/strong>Think of a typical group situation where you often find yourself (e.g., a club, study group, small work group), and answer the following items as accurately as possible.<br \/>\n<table class=\"lines\" style=\"height: 195px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\"><strong>In a group, how often do you:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\"><strong>Never<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\"><strong>Seldom<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\"><strong>Fairly Often<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\"><strong>Frequently<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">1. Keep the group focused on the task at hand.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">2. Help the group clarify the issues.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">3. Pull various ideas together.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">4. Push the group to make a decision or complete a task.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">5. Support and encourage other group members.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">6. Try to reduce interpersonal conflicts.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">7. Help the group reach a compromise.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">8. Assist in maintaining group harmony.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">9. Seek personal recognition from other group members.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">10. Try to dominate group activities.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">11. Avoid unpleasant or undesirable group activities.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 482.924px;\">12. Express your impatience or hostility with the group.<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 54.2251px;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 66.8614px;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 105.919px;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 15px; width: 97.0989px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This questionnaire asks you to describe your behavior within a group setting. To score the instrument, add your scores for the three categories of behavior.<\/p>\n<div id=\"app02untab02\" class=\"os-table\">\n<table class=\"unnumbered\" data-id=\"app02untab02\" data-label=\"\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Task-oriented behavior<\/td>\n<td>(Add up items 1\u20134)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Relations-oriented behavior<\/td>\n<td>(Add up items 5\u20138)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Self-oriented behavior<\/td>\n<td>(Add up items 9\u201312)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"fs-idm192489696\">Examine the resulting pattern in your answers. As usual, there are no correct or incorrect answers. Instead, this is an opportunity to view how you describe your own role-related activities in a group. What did you learn about yourself? How does your role in a group differ from those of other individuals?<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>This section is adapted from:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/organizational-behavior\/pages\/9-management-skills-application-exercises\">Chapter 9: Group and Intergroup Relations<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/organizational-behavior\">Organizational Behaviour\u00a0<\/a>by Rice University, OpenStax and is licensed under a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,<\/a>\u00a0unless otherwise noted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1032","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1019,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2778,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1032\/revisions\/2778"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1019"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1032\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/2250organizationalcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}