2. Mutual acceptance
Communication and decision making
Motivation and productivity
Control and organization
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3. It is characterized by members sharing
information about themselves and getting to
know each other
Tests one another's opinions by discussing
subjects that have little do with the group
At this stage members may have little
arguments and feud a bit as they explore one
another's views on various issues
When the discussion becomes serious, the
group is moving to the next stage of
development
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4. Members discuss their feelings of more
openly and agree on group goals and
individual roles in the group
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5. Members cooperate, help each other, and
work toward accomplishing tasks
The members are highly motivated and may
carry out their task creatively
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6. The group work effectively toward
accomplishing its goals
At this stage, the group is mature and
members work together and are flexible,
adaptive, and self correcting
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8. COMPOSITION
SIZE
NORMS
COHESIVENESS
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9. It is degree of similarity or difference among
group members on factors important to the
group
A group is homogeneous if the members are
similar in one or several ways that are critical to
the work of the group
In heterogeneous groups, the members differ in
one or more ways that are critical to the work of
the group
The link between group composition and type of
tasks explained by interaction of typical of
homogeneous and heterogeneous group
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10. Group composition becomes especially
important as organizations becomes
increasingly diverse
Members will probably distrust each other,
stereotyping also will present a problem and
communication problem will almost certainly
arise
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11. Group size is the number of the group ; it
affects the number resources available to
perform the task
Interactions and communication are much
more are likely to be formalized
The large size group may inhibit participation
of some people and increase in absenteeism
Social loafing is the tendency of some
members of group to put forth less effort in
a group than they would when working alone
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12. A norm is a standard against which the
appropriateness of a behavior is judged
Norm result from the combination of members
personality characteristics, the situation, the
task and the historical traditions of the group
Norms serve four purposes
1. Norms help the group survive
2.Norms simplify and make more predictable the
behaviors expected of group members
3. Norms help the group avoid embarrassing
situations
4. norms express the central values of the group
and identify the group to others
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13. Group cohesiveness is the extent to which a
group is committed to staying together
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14. Homogeneous
Composition
Mature Development
Relatively small size
Frequent interactions
Clear goals
Difficult in achieving goals
Increased likehood of
disbanding
Fewer interactions
Lower commitment to group
goals
Goal accomplishment
Personal satisfaction of
members
Increased quantity and quality
of interactions
Groupthink
Heterogeneous composition
Recent formation
Large size
Physical dispersion
Ambiguous goals, Failure
Factors that increase
cohesiveness
Consequences of low
cohesiveness
Factors that
decrease
cohesiveness
Consequences of
high cohesiveness
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15. Interactions are the key to understanding
intergroup dynamics
A groups contribution to an organization
depends on interactions with other group as
well as its own productivity
The nature of the interactions between
group depend on the characteristics of the
group involved, organizational setting, the
task and situational setting for the
interaction
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16. Interaction among the group are based on
the characteristics of interacting groups, the
organizational context within which the
groups operate, and the task and situational
bases of the interactions
Factors that determine the nature of the
group interactions are location, resources,
time and goal interdependence, task
uncertainty, and task inter dependence
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