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Groups and
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Defining Groups

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Classifying Groups

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Why People Join Groups
• Security
• Status
• Self­esteem
• Affiliation
• Power
• Goal Achievement

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Stages of Group Development
1) Forming: members get to know each other
and reach common goals.
2) Storming: members disagree on direction
and leadership.
3) Norming: close ties and consensus begin to
develop between members.
4) Performing: group does its real work.
5) Adjourning: only for task forces that are
temporary.

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Stages of Group Development

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An Alternative Model: For Temporary
Groups with Deadlines
Sequence of actions:
1. Setting group direction
2. First phase of inertia
3. Half­way point transition
4. Major changes
5. Second phase of inertia
6. Accelerated activity

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The Punctuated-Equilibrium
Model

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Group Properties
1.Roles
2.Norms
3.Status
4.Size
5.Cohesiveness

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1.Roles

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Roles (cont’d)

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2.Norms
Classes of Norms:
Performance norms
Appearance norms
Social arrangement norms
Allocation of resources norms

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Norms (cont’d)

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3.Status
Status Determinants:
✔ Power of person
✔ Person’s ability to contribute
to the group
✔ Individual’s characteristics.

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4.Size
Group Size
PerformanceExpected
Actual (due to loafing)
Other conclusions:
• Odd number groups do
better than even.
• Groups of 7 or 9 perform
better overall than larger
or smaller groups.

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Reducing Social Loafing
Make individual
contributions
identifiable
Emphasize
valuable
individual
contributions
Keep group size
at an
appropriate
level
REDUCE
Social
Loafing

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5.Group Cohesiveness
■ Group cohesiveness: measures the loyalty to
the group by its members.
Increasing group
cohesiveness:
1. Make the group smaller.
2. Encourage agreement with group
goals.
3. Increase time members spend
together.
4. Increase group status and admission
difficultly.
5. Stimulate competition with other
groups.
6. Give rewards to the group, not
individuals.

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Influential Factors to Cohesiveness
Factors that
increase
Cohesiveness
☞ Intergroup
competition
☞ Personal attraction
☞ Favorable evaluation
☞ Agreement on goals
☞ Interaction
Factors that Reduce
Cohesiveness
☞ Intragroup competition
☞ Unpleasant experience
☞ Domination
☞ Disagreement on goals
☞ Large group size

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Relationship Between Group Cohesiveness,
Performance Norms, and Productivity

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Group Processes

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Group Decision Making
Strengths
More complete
information
Increased diversity of
views
Higher quality of
decisions
Increased acceptance
of solutions
Weaknesses
More time consuming
Increased pressure to
conform
Domination by one or
a few members
Ambiguous
responsibility

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Group Decision
Making

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Group Versus Individual Decision
Making
Criteria of Effectiveness Groups
Individuals
Accuracy x
Speed x
Creativity x
Degree of acceptance x
Efficiency x
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Group Decision-Making Techniques

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Evaluating Group Effectiveness

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Team Versus Groups: What’s the
Difference
Team
Formal group made up
of interdependent
individuals who are
responsible for the
attainment of a goal

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Comparing Work Groups and Work
Teams

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Group vs Team

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Types of Teams

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Types of Teams (cont’d)
• Task forces
• Committees
Quality Circle:
comprising workers
and supervisors to
discuss workplace
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Types of Teams (cont’d)
Team Characteristics
1. The absence of paraverbal
and nonverbal cues
2. A limited social context
3. The ability to overcome time
and space constraints
Management
Team: Consists of
managers of
various functions.

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A Team-
Effectivenes
s Model

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Key Roles
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Turning Individuals into Team
Players
1. Selection: hiring team player
2. Training: creating team players
3. Rewarding: providing incentives to be a
good team player

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Characteristics of Effective
Teams
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Types of Interpersonal Skills Used in Managing
Teams