groups & teams - organizational behaviour

GROUP 6

Groups & Teams

GROUPS VS TEAMS

• Group: two or more people who interact with each other to accomplish a goal.

• Team: group who work intensively with each other to achieve a specific common goal.

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All teams are groups

BUT

not all groups are teams.

GROUPS VS TEAMS

• Self Progress is the prime

concern.

• Participative decision making is

not a part of the agenda.

• No one respects the quality of

the other.

• Leadership brings ego.

3 • Team Progress is the prime

concern.

• Participative decision making is

always a part of the agenda.

• Everyone respects the quality of

each other.

• Leadership is flexible with time.

5. ADJOURNING

THE STAGES OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT

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Performing

Adjourning

Norming

Storming

Forming

Getting acquainted stage

Conflicts between members in a group

Work more effectively together

Accomplish goals & be an efficient unit

Disband after the goals & tasks have finished

THE STAGES OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT

COMPARING WORK TEAMS & WORK GROUPS

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Goals

Synergy

Skills

Accountability

Complementary

Individual &mutual

Positive

Collectiveperformance

Shareinformation

Neutral

Individual

Random &varied

WORK TEAMS WORK GROUPS

What Groups

& Teams can do?

Gain a competi

- tive edge over

others

Enhance Performance

Builds a soothing working

environment

Flexible leadership-helps play

many roles

Customer Satisfaction

and belief increases

GROUPS & TEAMS IMPACT EFFECTIVENESS

TYPES OF GROUPS &

TEAMS IN ORGANIZATION

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SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF GROUP

COHESIVENESS

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COHESIVENESS

• Determinates of cohesiveness: can be altered to change cohesiveness levels in a

group.

• Group Size: small groups allow high cohesiveness.

Low cohesiveness groups with many members can benefit from splitting into two

groups.

• Managed Diversity: Diverse groups often come up with better solutions.

• Group Identity: When cohesiveness is low, encourage a group to adopt a unique

identity and engage in healthy competition with others.

• Success: cohesiveness increases with success.

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GROUP COHESIVENESS

Group cohesiveness: measures the loyalty to the group by its members.

o Level of Participation: as cohesiveness rises, so will participation. Participation

helps get members actively involved, but too much can waste time.

o Level of Conformity: as conformity rises, so does cohesiveness. With too much

conformity, performance can suffer.

o Level of Group Goal Accomplishment: as cohesiveness rises, the emphasis on

group accomplishment will rise.

High levels of cohesiveness can cause the group to focus more on itself than the

firm.

MANAGING GROUPS AND TEAMS

FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE

• Social loafing

o The human tendency to put forth less effort in a group than individually.

o Results in possibly lower group performance and failure to attain group goals

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Coming together is a beginning, keeping

together is a progress, working together is a

Success.

If you like it please clap &

if you don’t clap it simply means we are a group

but you are a team…