SCENARIO 6-3 Executives at Moonlight Auto feel that the work teams in their factory are not as productive as they need to be if the company is to gain competitive advantage in the market place.Managers plan to set the conditions for high team work and performance that will result in productivity gains for the company.
-Refer to Scenario 6-3.If cohesiveness is low and performance norms are high,productivity
A)is moderate to low.
B)increases,but is less than in a high cohesiveness-high norms situation.
C)the same as that of high cohesiveness-high norms situations.
D)decreases significantly.
E)levels will become stable with little chance of increasing.

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When cohesiveness is low and performance norms are high, productivity can increase because the high performance norms push team members to achieve more. However, the lack of cohesiveness means that the team doesn't work as well together as it could, leading to less productivity than in a situation where both cohesiveness and performance norms are high.

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