2. Groups:
a limited number of people
who identify and interact with
one another because of a
common interest, bond or
goal
3. Groups:
What are some groups of which you have
been a part?
What brought you together?
4. Groups: Kinds
Task Group:
a group given a specific job, or
goal to complete
Information gathering – to
gather and provide data
Policy making – creating rules
and consequences for members
Action – plan and implement
a course of action
5. Groups: Kinds
Social Group:
a group joined voluntarily for
purely personal reasons
Within an Organization:
Formal – assigned members
Informal – encouraged, not
required
6. Roles in Groups: Categories
Task Roles: Focus is on completing
group’s goal
Group-Building/Maintenance Roles:
Focus is on building interpersonal
relationships, maintaining harmony
Self-centered Roles: Focus is to prevent
group from reaching goals; to disrupt
7. TASK ROLES
Coordinator: Brings ideas of members
together
Energizer: Stimulates group to take
action (keeps the group moving
forward)
8. TASK ROLES
Elaborator: Expands, adds to other’s
ideas; gives more detail
Evaluator-critic: Assesses the group’s
work by higher standards; expects the
best from the group
12. Group-Building/Maintenance Roles
Compromiser: Attempts to reach a
solution all members finds acceptable
Gatekeeper: Facilitates participation
from everyone in group; monitors the
flow of discussion so everyone is heard
or has the opportunity to be heard
14. Self-centered Roles:
Complainer: Acts negatively towards
other group members and their ideas
Distracter: Monopolizes group
speaking time; energetic but not for
goal or task
15. Self-centered Roles:
Blocker/Critic: Refuses to cooperate with
other’s ideas
Nonparticipant: Avoids work or offers
poor quality work
Clown: Disrupts groups attention from
task;, usually with jokes, sarcasm, and
teasing