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    FOUNDATIONS OF GROUP

    BEHAVIOUR
    Session 9

    24th July 2019


    GROUP BEHAVIOUR
    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    •Define Group and distinguish the Different Types of Groups


    •Identify the five stages of Group Development
    •Show how role requirements change in different situations
    •Demonstrate how norms and status exert influence on an individual’s behaviour
    •Show how Group Size affects Group Performance
    •Contrast the benefits and disadvantages of Cohesive Groups
    •Understand the implications of Diversity for Group Effectiveness
    •Contrast the Strengths and Weaknesses of Group Decision Making
    DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING GROUPS
    Group
    “Two or more individuals interacting and
    interdependent, who have come together to achieve
    particular objectives.”
    Formal Group
    “A designated work group defined by an Organization’s
    Structure.”
    Informal Group
    “ A group that is neither formally structured nor
    organizationally determined; such a group appears in
    response to the need for social contact
    FIVE STAGES OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT
    • Forming
    The first stage in group development, characterized by much uncertainty.
    • Storming
    The second stage in group development, characterized by intragroup
    conflict.
    • Norming
    The third stage in group development, characterized by close
    relationships and cohesiveness
    • Performing
    The fourth stage in group development, during which the group is fully
    functional
    • Adjourning
    The final stage in group development for temporary groups, characterized
    by concern with wrapping up activities rather than task performance
    GROUP PROPERTIES-ROLE
    • Role
    A set of expected behaviour patterns attributed to someone occupying a
    given position in a social unit.
    • Role Perception
    An individual’s view of how he or she is supposed to act in a given situation.
    • Role Expectations
    How others believe a person should act in a given situation.
    • Psychological Contract
    An unwritten agreement that sets out what management expects from an
    employee and vice versa.
    • Role Conflict
    A situation in which an individual is confronted by divergent role
    expectations.
    GROUP PROPERTIES-NORMS
    • Norms
    Acceptable standards of behaviour within a group that
    are shared by the group’s members.
    • Hawthorne Studies
    • Conformity
    The adjustment of one’s behaviour to align with the
    norms of the group
    • Deviant Workplace Behaviour
    Voluntary behaviour that violates significant
    organizational norms, and, in so doing, threatens the
    well-being of the organization or its members. Also
    called anti-social behaviour or workplace incivility.
    GROUP PROPERTIES-STATUS
    • A socially defined position or rank given to
    groups or group members by others.

    • Status and Norms

    • Status and Group Interaction

    • Status Inequity
    GROUP PROPERTIES-SIZE
    • Smaller Groups are faster at completing tasks
    and individuals perform better in smaller
    groups.
    • Larger Groups do better in Problem Solving
    when compared to smaller Groups
    • Social Loafing-The tendency for individuals to
    expend less effort when working collectively
    than when working individually.
    GROUP PROPERTIES-COHESIVENESS
    • The degree to which group members are attracted
    to each other and are motivated to stay in the group
    • External threats bring members close together
    • Cohesiveness affects group productivity
    • To encourage group cohesiveness, we could
    Make the group smaller, encourage agreements with group goals,
    increase the time members spend together, increase the group status
    and make it difficult to get membership, stimulate competition with
    other groups, give rewards to the group rather than to individual
    members and physically isolate the group.
    GROUP PROPERTIES-DIVERSITY
    • Diversity- the extent to which members of a
    group are similar to, or different from, one
    another
    • Both benefits and costs from group diversity
    • Group Diversity appears to increase group
    conflicts
    GROUP DECISION MAKING
    • The belief that two heads are better than one. Many
    decisions are made by groups, teams, committees
    • Strengths and weakness of Group decision making:
    +ve-Generate more complete information and knowledge, they offer
    increased diversity of views, leads to increased acceptance of a solution.
    -ve-Time consuming, there are conformity pressures, discussion can be
    dominated by one or few members, if there are some low and medium
    ability members the group’s overall effectiveness will suffer. Finally in a
    group, decisions suffer from ambiguous responsibility.
    Group decisions are generally more accurate than the decisions of the
    average individual in a group, but less accurate than the judgments of
    the most accurate. In terms of speed, individuals are superior. Group
    tends to be more creative and if effectiveness means the degree of
    acceptance the nod goes to the group.
    GROUPTHINK and GROUPSHIFT
    • Groupthink: A phenomenon in which the norm
    for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal
    of alternative courses of action
    • Groupshift: A change between a group’s
    decision and individual decision that a member
    within the group would make; the shift can be
    toward either conservatism or greater risk but
    it generally is toward a more extreme version
    of the group’s original position.
    ACTION

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