GROUP DYNAMICS

1. TOPIC– “SUB GROUPSAND ISOLATIONIN THE CONTEXT
OF GROUPAS A GROUP DYNAMIC”

2. ACCORDING TO BUSINESS DICTIONARY “GROUP IS A COLLECTION OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REGULAR CONTACT ….INTRACTION….COMMON
FEELINGS ….WORK TOGETHER TO A COMMON SET OF GOALS”
GROUPS

3. SOME TIMES GROUPS CREATE SUB GROUPS AND ISOLATION
AMONG THE PEOPLE (MEMBERS) IF IT IS NOT PROPERLY
PLANNED OR ORGANIZED.
GROUPS- MEANING

4. Groups Dynamics refers to the interaction of forces
between group members in a social situation.
 GROUP AS A GROUP DYNAMIC

5. SUBGROUPS AND ISOLATION
A PERSON WHO HAS NOT EATEN WILL FEEL
HUNGRY, BUT
A PERSON WHO HAS LITTLE CONTACT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE WILL FEEL UNHAPPY AND
LONELY

6. ISOLATION AND IT’S EFFECT
Isolation has been associated with personality disorders and
psychoses, suicide, impaired cognitive performance and cognitive
decline over time, increased risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, diminished
executive control, and increases in depressive symptoms.

7. TYPES OF ISOLATION
SOCIAL ISOLATION
EMOTIONAL ISOLATION

8. SUB GROUPS
SUB GROUPS MAY CONSIST OF TWO PARTS OR THREE OR MORE
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
IT MAY BE HELPFUL AS WELL DANGEROUS TO THE GROUP

9. SUB GROUP MAY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF TOTAL GROUP
WHEN THEY FEEL PART OF THE GROUP.
SUB GROUP MAY BECOME DENGEROUS TO THE GROUP
WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SEPRATE THEMSELVES OUT OF THE
GROUP
IT LEADS TO THE TERMINATION OF THE GROUP

10. GROUP DYNAMICS IS THE PROCESS OF
INTRACTION AS WELL AS THE PROCESS OF
ACCEPTENCE OR REJECTION, OF PULLING A
PERSON IN TO THE CIRCLE TO THE GROUP OR
LIVING HIM OUTSIDE. HENCE IT RESULTS THE
FORMATION OF SUB GROUPS AND ISOLATION.

11. REFERENCE
 R.FORSYTH, DONELSON.(1999). GROUP DYNAMICS. USA: WADSWORTH PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
 SAHU,R.K.(2010). GROUP DYNAMICS AND TEAM BUILDING. NEW DELHI: EXCEL
BOOKS.
 MISRA,P.D. (1994). SOCIAL WORK PHILOSOPHY AND METHODS. NEW DELHI: INTER-
INDIA PUBLICATIONS

12. BY
LIBIN JO MATHEW