This presentation provides an overview of groups and group decision making. It defines what a group is and lists different types of groups like formal, informal, task, and interest groups. It then discusses reasons why people join groups like security, status, and goal achievement. The stages of group development are presented as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Key group structures like roles, norms, status, size, and cohesiveness are defined. Strengths and weaknesses of group decision making are contrasted, and techniques like interacting groups, nominal groups, and electronic meetings are described.

1. Welcome to Our
Presentation

2. Lija Khatun
ID: 16172101429
Intake: 42
Section: 8
Topics: 1. Definition of Group
2. Types of Group

3. Definition of Group
Two or more individuals interacting and
interdependent who have come together to
achieve particular objectives is known as
group.
Groups can be about anything- projects,
departments, functions or interests.

4. Types of Group
 Formal group
 Informal group
 Command group
 Task group
 Interest group
 Friendship group

5. Imran Hossain
ID: 16172101406
Intake: 42
Section: 8

6. Why do people from group?
Security - By joining a group, individuals can reduce the
insecurity of "standing along".
Status - Inclusion in a group that is viewed as important by
others provides recognition.
Self-esteem - Group can fulfill social needs.
Power- There is strength in members.
Goal achievement - There are times when it takes more
than one person to accomplish a particular task.

7. Stages of Group development
Forming stage: It is characterized by a great deal of
uncertainty.
Storming stage: It is characterized by group conflict.
Norming Stage: It is close relationship develop.
Performing stage : This stage is fully functional and
accepted.
Adjourning stage: It is characterized by concern with
wrapping up activities.

8. Zobayar Bin
Rahman
ID: 16172101432
Intake: 42
Sec: 08

9. Definition of Group Properties
Work groups are not unorganized mobs, they have
properties that shape members behavior and help
explain and predict individual behavior within the
group as well as the performance of the group itself.
Some of these properties are roles, norms, status,
size, cohesiveness.

10. Group Structure-Roles
 Role Perception.
 Role Expectations.
 Role Conflict.

11. Group Structure-Norms
 Performance Norms.
 Appearance Norms.
 Social arrangement Norms.
 Allocation of Resource Norms.

12. Group Structure-Status
 The power a person wields over others.
 A person’s ability to contribute to a group’s
goals.
 An individual’s personal characteristics.

13. Amit Saha
ID:16172101418
Intake: 42
Sec: 08

14. Group Structure- Size
– Social Loafing:
The tendency for individuals
to expend less effort when
working collectively than
when working individually.

15. Group Structure- Cohesiveness
1. Make the group smaller.
2. Encourage agreement with group goals.
3. Increase time members spend together.
4. Increase group status and admission difficulty.
5. Stimulate competition with other groups.

16. Group of decision making
– Large group facilitate the pooling of information about
complex task.
– Smaller groups are better suited to coordinating and
facilitating the implementation of complex tasks.
– Simple, routine standard task reduce the requirement that
group processes be effective in order for the group to
perform well.

17. Sawgaat Jahan
Tripty
ID: 16172101413
Intake: 42
Section: 8

18. Strengths of Group Decision
making
 More complete information
 Increased diversity of views
 Higher quality of decisions (more
accuracy)
Increased acceptance of solutions

19. Weakness of Group Decision
Making
 More time consuming (slower)
 Increased pressure to conform
 Domination by one or a few members
 Ambiguous responsibility

20. Group Decision-Making
Techniques
Group decision making techniques are
describing below:
 Interacting group: The most common
form of group decision making takes
place in interacting groups.

21. – Nominal group technique: The nominal
group technique restricts discussion or
interpersonal communication during the
decision making process.

22. – Electronic meeting: The most recent
approach to group decision making
blends the nominal group technique
with sophisticated computer technology.