1. GROUP DYNAMICS

2. Definition: Group
Two
or
more
individuals, interacting
and independent, who
have come together
to achieve particular
objectives

3. Think…..
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Almost all of our time is spent interacting in groups; we are
educated in groups, we work in groups, we worship in groups, and
we play in groups. But even though we live our lives in groups, we
often take them for granted. Consider their influence on you by
enumerating the groups to which you belong, as well as those that
influence you.
1. Make a list of all the groups you belong to now. List as many as possible;
don't forget family, clubs, sport teams, classes, social groups, cliques of friends,
workteams, and social categories that are meaningful to you (e.g., Indian).
2. Which group has changed the most over time? Describe this change briefly?
3. Which group has influenced you, as an individual, the most? Explain the
group's influence on you briefly.
4. Identify five groups that you do not belong to, but that influence you in some
way. Of these groups, which one influences you--your behaviors, your
emotions, or your outcomes--the most?

4. Types of groups
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Formal
Informal
Command
Task
Interest

5. Stages of Group Development
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Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning

6. Sociometry
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Analytical technique
for studying group
interactions

7. Group behaviour model
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External conditions imposed on group
Organisational strategy
Authority structures
Formal regulations
Organisational resources
HR selection process
Performance evaluation and reward system
Organisational culture
Physical work settings

8. Group member resources
-Abilities
-Personality characteristics
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9. Group Structure
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Formal Leadership
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Roles : A set of expected behaviour patterns
attributed to someone occupying a given
position in a social unit
-Role Identity: Attitudes and behaviours consistent with a
role
-Role Perception
- Role expectation
- Role Conflict

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Norms: Acceptable standards of behaviour
within a group that are shared by group
members
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Performance norms
Appearance norms
Social arrangement norms
Allocation of resources norms

11. How norms develop?
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Explicit statements
made by a group
member
Critical events in
group history
Primacy

12. Why norms develop?
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Facilitates group survival
Increases predictability
of group
members’ behaviours
Reduces embarrassing situations
Gives identity to group

13. Status
Status is a socially
defined position or
rank given to groups
or group members
by others
- status and norms

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Size
-Social Loafing
Composition
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Group Demography

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Cohesiveness
Degree to which
group members are
attracted to each
other
and
are
motivated to stay in
group

16. Group Processes
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Synergy: An action of two or more
substances that results in an effect that is
different from the individual summation of the
substances
Group Think
Group Shift

17. GROUP THINK

18. Group Exercise
Make 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 triangles using these six sticks