Group Dynamics and Team Building in Education and Training

1. Group Dynamics
&
Team Building
Dr. Z. Zayapragassarazan, PhD.
Associate Professor of Educational Technology (Medical Education)
Department of Medical Education
JIPMER
Puducherry-605006.
E-mail: zprazan@yaho.co.in

2. Objectives
At the end of this session the participants
shall be able
-to understand the concept of group
dynamics and team work
-to identify the factors facilitating or
hindering group dynamics
-appreciate the role played by different
team members
-to recognize the stages of development
of a team

3. GGrroouupp
A group is a collection of people with some
ccoommmmoonn cchhaarraacctteerriissttiiccss oorr ppuurrppoossee

4. GGrroouupp DDyynnaammiiccss
A group of two or more people interacting
with each other in a manner that each
person influences and is influenced by
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each other person

5. The BBiiggggeesstt CChhaalllleennggee??
Getting People To
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W____ T________!

6. The BBiiggggeesstt CChhaalllleennggee??
Getting People To
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Work Together

7. EExxeerrcciissee-1
CCoommmmuunniiccaattiioonn
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8. Communication EExxeerrcciissee - DDiissccuussssiioonn
• How does the message change when it is
conveyed from one person to another?
• What were the weaknesses of the message
itself hampering correct transfer?
•• WWhhaatt wweerree tthhee wweeaakknneesssseess ooff tthhee ppeeooppllee
transferring the message?
• How can we communicate in a better & more
effective way?

9. Communication EExxeerrcciissee –
EEdduuccaattiioonnaall IImmpplliiccaattiioonnss
• One-way communication is ineffective when two-way
communication is needed.
• Listening is just as effective as talking
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• What we say is often not what people hear
• It is difficult to describe visual pictures or objects

10. TTeeaamm BBuuiillddiinngg
Team
Two or more people working together to
achieve a shared goal
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Team Building
The process of getting people to work
together effectively to achieve a shared goal

11. Exercise-2
Lost on the moon
Group Dynamics-Team Building
Time: 15 min
5min for Individual Ranking
10 min for Group Ranking

12. WWhhaatt ddiidd wwee lleeaarrnn??
• How were decisions made?
• Who influenced the decisions and how?
• How could better decisions have been made?
• Did people listen to each other? if not why?
• What roles did group members adopt?
• How was conflict managed?
• What kinds of behavior helped or hindered
the group?

13. Exercise-3
Broken square game
Co-operation aanndd CCoo--oorrddiinnaattiioonn

14. DDiissccuussssiioonn
• Different behaviors of team members
• Feelings of people who succeeded/left
out/sacrificed for group goal

15. GGrroouupp
Two or more people who interact with
each other to accomplish certain goals or
meet certain needs.

16. Existence of a group
If a group exists the members:
•Motivate to join.
•Perceive the group as a unified unit
of interacting people.
••Contribute in various degrees.
•Have agreements and disagreements,
but finally a common outcome.

17. Reasons ffoorr JJooiinniinngg GGrroouuppss
Security
Group reduces insecurity and
standing alone syndrome.

18. Reasons ffoorr JJooiinniinngg GGrroouuppss
Status
Recognition and status same as that of
group

19. Reasons ffoorr JJooiinniinngg GGrroouuppss
Self-Esteem
Self importance

20. Reasons ffoorr JJooiinniinngg GGrroouuppss
Affiliation
Fulfills need of affection

21. Reasons ffoorr JJooiinniinngg GGrroouuppss
Power
There is power in number

22. Reasons ffoorr JJooiinniinngg GGrroouuppss
Goal achievement
Pool of talent, skills and knowledge

23. Five Stage Model of Group
Formation (Bruce Tuckman 1965)
Members
come to
Members
Work
Together
Group
members
work
towards
Group
may
disband
either
after
meeting
Stage I
Forming
Stage II
Storming
Stage III
Norming
Stage IV
Performing
Stage V
Adjourning
Members
get to know
each other &
set ground
rules
Resist
Control by
group
Leaders &
Show
hostility
developing
close
relationships
& feelings of
cohesiveness
getting
their jobs
done
their goals
or because
members
Leave

24. Factors Affecting Group Performance
COMPOSITION
SIZE
NORMS
COHESIVENESS

25. Roles Played by Group Members
Task oriented
roles
Relations
oriented roles
Self oriented
roles
Initiators:
Contributors
Recommend new
solutions to group
problems.
Harmonizers:
Mediate group conflicts
Blockers:
Act stubborn and
resistant to the group.
Information Seekers: Compromisers:
Recognition seekers:
Attempt to obtain the
Shift own opinions to
necessary facts.
create group harmony.
Call attention to their own
achievements.
Opinion Givers:
Share own opinions with
others
Encourages:
Praise & encourage
others
Dominators:
Assert authority by
manipulating the group
Energizers:
Stimulate the group into
action whenever
interested
Expediters:
Suggest ways the group
can operate more
smoothly.
Avoiders:
Maintain distance, isolate
themselves from fellow
group members.

26. QQuueessttiioonnss

27. SSuummmmaarryy
– A team is a group whose members work
intensely with each other to achieve a specific,
common goal or objective.
– Understanding group dynamics helps to identify
ppeerrssoonnaalliittiieess aanndd hheellppss iinn mmaakkiinngg aabbiilliittyy
grouping
– All teams are groups but not all groups are
teams.
• Teams often are difficult to form.
• It takes time for members to learn how to work
together.
– TEAM- Together Everyone Achieves More

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