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Group DynamicsO This week we will be looking at the
importance of working in groupsO Positive and negative roles/attitudes
that individuals can assumeO Comparing formal and informal group
structuresO Advantages and Disadvantages of
group structures in a business
Stages of Group Development
There are four stages to group development. They are:1) Forming2) Storming3) Norming4) Performing
FormingO The group comes together and gets to
initially know one another and form as a group
O At the end of the forming stage, team members should know the following:O The project’s overall missionO The main phases of the missionO The resources at their disposalO A rough project scheduleO Each member’s project responsibilitiesO A basic set of team rules
FormingO Activities usually found in this stage:
O Making acquaintancesO Sharing informationO Discussing subjects unrelated to the
task
StormingO Storming is when members of the
team learn to bend and mold their feelings, ideas, attitudes, and beliefs to suit the team organizationO Usually through competition and
conflictO Questions about who is responsible
for what, what the rules are, what the reward system is, and what the evaluation criteria are arise
O These questions reflect conflicts over leadership, power, and authority
O Team members must move from a testing-and-proving mentality to a problem-solving mentality
O Listening is the most helpful action
StormingO Typical Activities found in this stage:
O Expressing attitudesO Establishing normsO Establishing goals and discussing
tasks openly
NormingO Team members actively acknowledge all
members’ contributionsO Team members build communityO Team members maintain team focus and
missionO Team members work to solve team
issues
O Members are willing to change their preconceived ideas or opinions
O Leadership is sharedO Cohesions occurs when individuals
place trust in one anotherO Team members begin to experience
a sense of group belonging
PerformingO Teams enjoy team members who work
independently but also support those who can come back together to solve problems
O Team is most productive at this stageO Team members are highly task-oriented
and also highly people-orientedO Team is unified
O Team identity is completeO Team morale is highO Team loyalty is intense
O The task function becomes genuine problem solving, which leads to optimal solutions
O Support for experimentation in solving problems, and an emphasis on achievement
PerformingO Typical activities include:
O Working independentlyO Assigning tasks according to abilityO Being spontaneous and flexible
Roles within Group Structures
O There are a variety of roles/attitudes that team members can embrace while working in a group
O They can be positive roles/attitudes, but they can also play a negative role, or have a negative attitude
Positive Task RolesO ContributorO Information SeekerO Information GiverO Opinion SeekerO Opinion GiverO ElaboratorO EvaluatorO EnergizerO Recorder
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