This document provides an overview of teams and groups. It discusses key topics like group dynamics, team vs group, team composition, managing team performance, importance of groups, stages of group formation, and group structure. The stages of group formation discussed are forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Group structure is defined as including roles, norms, status, and cohesiveness. People join groups for reasons like security, status, self-esteem, power, and goal achievement.

1. MODULE III
TEAM AND GROUP
Prepared By.
Mohammed Jasir PV
Asst. Professor
MIIMS, Puthanangadi
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2. SYLLABUS
▪ Group Dynamics techniques,
Group vs Team, Team
Dynamics, Teams for
enhancing productivity,
Building & Managing
Successful Virtual Teams.
Managing Team
Performance & Managing
Conflict in Teams.
▪ Working Together in Teams,
Team Decision-Making,
Team Culture & Power, Team
Leader Development.
▪ Introduction to Groups and
Teams, Team Composition,
Managing Team Performance,
Importance of Group, Stages
of Group, Group Cycle, Group
thinking, getting acquainted,
Clarifying expectations.
▪ Group Problem Solving,
Achieving Group Consensus.
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3. Group
A group is a set of people
who have the same
interests or aims, and
who organize themselves
to work or act together.
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5. What is a Group?
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Two or more people
Shared goals
People see themselves
As members
There is interaction
Among members
Group

6. Types of
Groups

9. Types of Groups
Formal :-
 Command ,
 Task and
 Functional
Informal :-
 Interest,
 Reference and
 Friendship

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Why Do People Join
In Group??
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12. People join group for...
▪The people often join groups since the groups give the members a
stability and enhances their achievement capacity. The main reasons
to join a group are:
Have a sense of security
Have a status
Develop Self-esteem
Power
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13. GROUP
STRUCTURE
Group structure is defined as the layout of a group. It is a
combination of group roles, norms, conformity, workplace behavior,
status, reference groups, status, social loafing, cohorts, group
demography and cohesiveness.
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Four different aspects of group structure are
 Norms
 Roles
 Status
 Cohesiveness
 Size

15. Group Norms:-
▪Set of beleifs, feelings, and attitudes
commonly shared by group members.
▪These are also referred to as rules or
standards of behaviour that apply to group
members. Norms serve three functions
namely
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Role :-
▪ various parts played by group members.
▪ There are two elements that define this role
identity-
 Role Perception -An individual is expected to
behave, according to his own perception in the
group.
 Role Expectation -It is defined as how others
believe one should behave in a given situation.

17.  Status is “ a socially defined position or rank given to
groups or group members by others.”
 Group members get high status or low status in the
Group based on their authority and performance.
 High status members of the group have more
freedom to deviate from the norms.
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Status

18.  This facility enables them to have the
discriminatory powers in decision making.
 Low status members of the group should not
have freedom to deviate from the norms as it leads to
status inequality.
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19. ▪ Cohesiveness: The degree to which members
are attracted to each other and are motivated
to stay in the group
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Cohesiveness:

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Who won, and why?
Did your group act like this… … Or like this?
Groups with High Cohesiveness Get BetterResults!

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Low Cohesiveness
- Negative Feelings
- More Problems
- Less Productive
High Cohesiveness
- Unity
- Interactive
- Positive Feelings
- Ability to Cope with Problems
- More Productive

22. Theories of Group Formation
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EXCHANGE THEORY
BALANCE THEORY
REFINED PROXIMITY
THEORY
PROXIMITY THEORY

23. Balance Theory
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24. Exchange Theory
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 Exchange Theory: Groups are formed out of
cost benefit analysis.
 Propounded by “ Thaibaunt and Kelly”.
 This theory is based on reward-cost outcomes
of interaction between employees.
 The intraction between people is reward.

25. Propinquity/Proximity Theory:
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People form groups because others are near to
you.

26. Refined Propinquity Theory:
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Proximity is not the only factor, like
mindedness/ identity of mind/common goals
or interests, etc will lead to formation of
groups.

27. Stages Of Group Formation
▪ Forming
▪ Storming
▪ Norming
▪ Performing
▪ Adjourning

28. 1.Forming
• Stage of uncertainty regarding groups purpose, structure etc
• Members concerned about exploring friendship and task
potentials.
• As awareness increase this stage of group development is
completed when members accept themselves as a group and
commit the group goals.

29. 2. Storming
• Members accept the existence of the group,
but there is resistance to the constraints
that the group imposes on individuality.
• This is a stage of intra group conflicts.
• Members think ,who will be their leader….
• This stage is complete when there is
relatively clear hierarchy of leadership
within the group.

30. 3. Norming
• Close relationship develops within the
group and group shows cohesiveness.
• Sense of group identity and sense of
belongingness
• Norms are developed
• Stage is complete when there is well
accepted norms, ie. members behave
according to the norms.

31. 4. Performing
• Stage of Team work, role clarity and
task accomplishment.
• Group energy move from conflict to
task accomplishment.
• Productivity at the maximum.
• Group working like a well oiled
machine.

32. 5. Adjourning
• Last stage for temporary task
forces.
• Group get separated –
causes sadness, depression
at loss of friendship,
happiness and fulfillment at
task performance.

33. Stages Of Group Formation
5. Adjourning
1. Forming
4. Performing
3. Norming
2. Storming

34. Thank You..
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