1. Foundations of Group Behavior
Presented by: Atta Ullah
Afridi
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2. Contents
Defining Group
Stages of Group Development
Group Properties
Group Decision Making
Group Decision-Making Techniques
Conclusion
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3. What is Group?
Stephen P. Robins:
“Two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent,
who have come together to achieve particular objectives”
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4. What is Group?
Fred Luthans says:
If a group exists in an organization, its members:
1.
Are motivated to join
2.
Perceive the group as a unified unit of interacting people
3.
Contribute in various amounts to the group processes (that is, some
people contribute more time or energy to the group than do others)
4.
Reach agreements and have disagreements through various forms of
interaction
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5. Classification of Groups
Formal Group:
“A designated work group
defined by the organization’s
structure”
Example:
Six members crew making up an
airline flight.
Informal Group:
“A group that is neither formally
structured nor organizationally
determined; appears in
response to the need for social
contact”
Example:
Three students who regularly go
to school together.
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6. Sub Classification of Groups
1.
2.
3.
4.
Command Group
Task Group
Interest Group
Friendship Group
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7. Stages Of Group Development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning
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9. Relationship Between Group Cohesiveness,
Performance Norms And Productivity:
Cohesiveness
Low
Performance Norms
High
High
Low
High
productivity
Moderate
productivity
Low
productivity
Moderate to
low
productivity
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11. Group Decision Making
Strengths & Weaknesses of Group Decisions:
Broad Representation
More Ideas Generated
Evaluation Of Options
Coordination
Quality Decision
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Time Consuming
Level of Trust
Dominated Personalities
Capabilities of Members
Ambiguous
Responsibility
12. Group Think & Group Shift
Group Think:
Imposing unpopular view
Opposing Popular view
Group Shift:
Exaggerating less important view
Avoiding more important view
How to minimize Group Think?
Monitor Group Size
Impartiality of Leader
Seeking View From Each Member
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14. Evaluating Group Effectiveness
Effectiveness Criteria
Interacting Brainstorming
Nominal
Electronic
No. & of Quality of Ideas
Low
Moderate
High
High
Money Costs
Low
Low
Low
High
speed
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Commitment to solution
High
Not applicable
Moderate
Moderate
Group Cohesiveness
High
High
Moderate
Low
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15. Conclusion
Illustration of Group by
(CEO of Continental Airline)
“ We are like a wristwatch-lots of different parts, but the whole has value only
when we all work together. It has no value when any part fails.”
Gordon Bethune
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16. In other words group is all about Teamwork.
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23. Group Properties - Roles
A set of expected behavior patterns attributed to
someone occupying a given position in a social unit.
Role identity
Role perception
Role expectation
Role Conflict
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24. Group Properties - Status
A socially defined position or rank given to groups or
group members by others.
Status Equity
Group Member
Status
Group interaction
Group Norms
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25. Group Properties - Status
Status Characteristics Theory
1. The Power a person wields over others
2. A person’s ability to contribute to a group’s goals
3. An individual’s personal Characteristics
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26. Group Properties - Norms
Acceptable standards of behavior within a group that are shared
by the group’s members.
Performance Norms
Appearance Norms
Classes of Norms
Social Arrangement
Norms
Allocation of Resources
Norms
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27. Group Properties - Size
The size of a group affects the group’s overall behavior.
Social Loafing:
The tendency for individuals to expend less effort when
working collectively than when working individually.
Other Conclusions:
• Odd number groups do
better than even.
• Groups of 7 or 9 perform
better overall than larger or
smaller groups.
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28. Group Properties - Cohesiveness
Degree to which group members are attracted to each other
and are motivated to stay in the group.
Suggestions to Encourage Group Cohesiveness:
Make the
group smaller
Encourage
agreement
Give rewards
Stimulate competition
Increase
interaction
Isolate the
group
Increase the
status
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29. Command Group
“A group composed of the individuals who report directly to a
given manager.”
Example:
An army officer and his subordinate soldiers form a command
group.
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30. Task Group
“Task group Represents those working together to complete a
job task.”
Example:
A panel of employers to conduct interviews for the new
post
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31. Interest Group
“Those working together to attain a specific objective with which
each is concerned.”
Example:
Employees who band together to support a peer who
has been fired.
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32. Friendship Group
“Those brought together because they share one or more
common characteristics.”
Example:
Groups based on similar age, heritage etc.
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