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GROUP

DYNAMICS



Roll No. 71 Ms. Radhika Menon

Roll No. 88 Ms. Dhruvi Rabdiya

Roll No. 95 Ms. Disha Shah

Roll No. 102 Mst. Nirav Shah

PRESENTED BYuPRESENTED BYu



DEFINITION

Two or more individuals interacting and

interdependent, who have come together to

achieve particular objectives.

-Stephen Robbins

Group refers to a collection of two or more

interacting individuals with a stable pattern of

relationships between them, who share commongoals, and who perceive themselves as being a

group.

- K. Aswathappa



THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF

GROUPSu

FORMAL GROUPS

COMMAND GROUP

TASK GROUP

IN FORMAL GROUPS

FRIENDSHIP GROUP

REFERENCE GROUP

INTEREST GROUP



A formal group is one that is deliberatelycreated to perform a specific task.Members are usually appointed by

organization.eg: committee, work units such as smalldepartments, R&D DEPT or a smallassembly line. A distinctive feature of formalgroups is that a hierarchy of authorityexists, with specified member rules andregulations.

FORMAL GROUPSFORMAL GROUPS



TYPES OF FORMAL GROUP

Command group

Task group



INFORMAL GROUP, also called as clique, is analliance that is neither formally structured, nororganizationally determined. Informal groups

are natural formations in the workenvironment which appear in response to theneed for social contact.

Rather , member roles are loosely defined,

based on member expectations and the needsof a group at any particular moment. A members behavior is guided by his owninternalized perception of what is appropriate.

INFORMAL GROUPSINFORMAL GROUPS



TYPES OF GROUPS Interest group

Friendship group

Reference group



WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN GROUPS?

Security

Esteem

Affiliation

Power Power

StatusStatusGoal achievementGoal achievement

Common interest and goalsCommon interest and goals



INFLUENCE OF GROUP ON

INTERACTION SKILLS Encouragement

Accepting others and our own Contribution

Expressing group feelings

Harmonizing Disciplining ourselves to maintaingroup cohesive

Respect for difference of diversity Co-orporation



GROUP DEVELOPMENT

Groups have life cycle similar to people. they

born ,grow, develop and often die. A group

passes 5 stages in its life cycle. A leader will

facilitate and support each member to

contribute toward the development at every

stage of development. stages of group

development are



FORMING - STAGE 1

Member dont have particular purpose,structure, leadership and searching forfriendship and task potentials, no strategy toaddress the group task, norms to guidemembers behavior.

STORMING - STAGE 2At this stage group development conflict arisesbecause of the need to clarify roles,

responsibilities , procedures, recognitions of his/her abilities, skills. One objective at thisstage is to resolve the conflict about power andtask structure and increasing belongingness .



NORMING STAGE- 3

The third stage in group development is

characterised by close relationships and

cohesiveness.

� Bonding Among The Group Members� Solving Of Personal Issues

� Leadership Is Shared

�Sense Of Group Belonging



PERFORMING - STAGE 4

� Members Adjust According To The Needs

� Group Is Highly Productive

� Group Unity Exist

� Emphasis On Achievement



ADJOURNING - STAGE 5

The final stage in group development for

temporary groups, characterised by concern with

wrapping up activities rather than task

performance.� Termination Of Group

� Disengagement Of Relationships

�

Recognition Of Work � Can Create Some Apprehension



GROUP MEMBER RESOURCES� A group's potential level of performance

depends, to a large extent, on the resources

that its members individually bring to the

group. Resources that have received more

attention are

� Knowledge, skills and abilities

� Personality characteristics



ABILITIES- Ability is how much a membercan do now and how much he will do in the

future for improving the performance of the

group. Persons with high task relevant activities tend to be more involved in the group

and often emerge as leaders.



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Personality characteristics:

� Sociability

� Initiative

� Openness

� Flexibility



GROUP NORMS Set of beliefs, 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

Predictive-basis forunderstanding the

behaviour of others

Relationship-some

norms define

relationship

Control-regulate the

behaviour of others



GROUP DECISION MAKING

STRENGHTS

Pooling of resources

Increases diversity of views

Higher quality decisions

Synergy effect

Sharing of problems

WEAKNESSES

T ime consuming

Domination by the

powerful

Lack of participation on

part of some of the

members

Conflict



GROUP COHESION

Cohesion

Social

The bonds of interpersonal attractionthat link group members

Task

The way in which skillsand abilities of a groupmember mesh to allow

optimum utilization



IMPORTANCE OF COHESIVENESS

High Cohesiveness- Unity- Interactive- Positive Feelings- Ability to Cope with Problems-More productive.

Low Cohesiveness- Disarray- Negative Feelings

- More Problems- Less Productive



WAYS TO IMPROVE GROUP

COHESIVENESS

TE AM

R ECOGNIZE GOOD WORK

STR ESS TE AM WORK

CLE AR,ATTA IN- ABLE GOALS

TR E ATMEMBERS LIKE

PEOPLE

SUPPORTDISAGR EEMENT

AND AGR EEMENT

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