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GROUP DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION

GROUPS LIKE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN LIFE CYCLES.THEY ARE BORN,GROWN,DEVELOPED AND OFTEN DIE A GROUP'S EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDS ON THE STAGES OF ITS LIFE CYCLE

STAGES OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT


STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5

FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING ADJOURNING

FORMING

IN THIS STAGE THERE IS GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINITY ABOUT GROUP'S PURPOSE,STRUCTURE AND LEADERSHIP. MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EXPLORING FRIENDSHIP AND TASK POTENTIALS THEY DONT HAVE A STRATEGY FOR COMPLETING THE GROUP'S TASK

STORMING

AT THIS STAGE CONFLICT ARISES BECAUSE OF NEED TO CLARIFY ROLES AND BEHAVIOURAL EXPECTATIONS DISAGREEMENT IS INEVITABLE AS MEMBERS DECIDE ON TASK PROCEDURE,ROLE ASSIGNMENT,ETC ONE OBJECTIVE AT THIS STAGE IS TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT ABOUT POWER AND TASK STRUCTURE FAILURE TO SUCCEED IN THIS STAGE RESULTS IN SPLITTING OF THE GROUP ITSELF

NORMING

AT THIS STAGE A LEADER EMERGES AND THIS BRING'S ABOUT GROUP COHESIVENESS NEW GROUP STANDARD ROLES AND BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FORMED FOR MEMBERS DESIRED OUTCOME FOR THIS STAGE ARE

i. INCREASED MEMBER INVOLVEMENT ii. MENTAL SUPPORT

PERFORMING

THIS STAGE IS MARKED BY TEAMWORK ROLE CLARITY TASK ACCOMPLISHMENT

PRODUCTIVITY IS AT ITS PEAK PERFORMING IS THE LAST STAGE IN PERMANENT WORK GROUPS

ADJOURNING

FOR TEMPORARY TASK GROUPS THIS IS THE LAST STAGE THE GROUP BREAKS AFTER PERFORMANCE OF THE TASK THE LEADER FACILITATES POSITIVE CLOSURE AT THIS STAGE BY RECOGNISING AND REWARDING GROUP PERFORMANCE

USEFULNESS OF GROUPS IN ORGANISATION


ORGANISATIONAL TASK ACCOMPLISHMENT GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR

ORGANISATIONAL TASK ACCOMPLISHMENT

MANY TASKS NEED GROUP EFFORT EG:BUILDING A JET PLANE

GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR

FORMAL WORK GROUPS AND INFOMAL GROUPS ARE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ANY WORK SETTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GROUP MEMBERS INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHERS BELIEFS AND ATTITUDE GROUPS PROVIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL SECURITY IN THE FORM OF DIRECT WORK ASSISTANCE

OFFER

GROUP INFORMATION INDIVIDUAL INVOLVEMENT EXPECTATION ATTITUDE OPPURTUNITIES

THAT INFLUENCES

PITFALLS OF GROUP

STATUS DIFFERENTIALS GROUP NORMS RISKY AND CAUTIOUS SHIFTS POLARIZATION GROUP THINK

STATUS DIFFERENTIALS

GROUPS ARE FORMED FOR TASK FULFILLMENT.STATUS DIFFERENTIALS HINDER INTEGRATION OF MEMBERS. HIGH STATUS INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE PROMINENCE AND THEIR VIEWS ARE ACCEPTED EVEN IF THEY ARE WRONG

GROUP NORMS

NORMS DICTATE THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE GROUP MEMBERS GROUP NORMS MAY FORCE MEMBERS TO SUPPORT DECISIONS WHICH PRIVATELY THEY MIGHT DISAGREE WITH

RISKY AND CAUTIOUS SHIFTS

RISKY SHIFTS OCCUR WHEN GROUP MAKES A DECISION WHICH IS MORE RISKY THAN AN INDIVIDUAL WORKING ALONE WOULD MAKE CAUTIOUS SHIFTS OCCUR WHEN GROUP MAKES A DECISION WHICH IS LESS RISKY THAN AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD MAKE

POLARISATION

IT MEANS MAGNIFYING A DOMINANT VIEW POINT IT OCCURS MAINLY WHEN GROUP MEMBERS ARE SWAYED BY ONE ANOTHER'S ADVOCACY

GROUP THINK

IT LEADS TO CONFORMITY IT RESULTS IN INVOLUNTARY SUPPRESSION OF MEMBERS CRITICAL FACULTIES

GROUP NORMS-DEFINITION

THESE ARE SET OF BELIEFS,FEELINGS AND ATTITUDES COMMONLY SHARED BY GROUP MEMBERS

CHARACTERISTICS

THE MAJORITY OF GROUP MEMBERS GENERALLY FIND THEM ACCEPTABLE GROUP BEHAVIOUR IS THE FOCAL POINT OF ATTENTION MEMBERS ACCEPT THEM IN VARYING DEGREES THE PROCESS OF MANAGING THE GROUP IS FACILITATED BY THEM SET O REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OR NON-ACCEPTANCE OF NORMS

GROUP TASKS

GROUP TASK REFERS TO WHAT THE GROUP FORMED ACTUALLY HAS TO DO. GROUP PERFORMANCE MAINLY DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF TASK

TYPES OF TASK

TIME FRAME:REFERS TO TIME REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE TASK TASK REQUIREMENTS:INCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION GENERATED,PROCESSED AND TRANSMITTED TASK OBJECTIVES:BASED ON CLASSIFICATION OF CLASSES DEPENDING ON THE OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED

GROUP COHESIVENESS

COHESIVENESS IS THE EXTENT OF LIKING EACH MEMBER HAS TOWARDS OTHERS PERSONS IN A HIGHLY COHESIVE GROUP VALUE THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND STRIVE TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER GROUP MEMBERS

SOURCES

INTERACTION THREAT SEVERITY OF INITIATION CO-OPERATION SHARED GOALS ATTITUDES AND VALUES SIZE

INTERACTION

MORE THE INTERACTION BETTER IS THE COHESIVENESS OF THE GROUP AS THEY TEND TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH EACH OTHER

THREAT

THREAT IS A POWERFUL UNIFIER WHEN IT COMES FROM

a)OUTSIDE b)COOPERATION CAN HELP OVERCOME THE THREAT c)THERE IS LITTLE OR NO CHANCE OF ESCAPE

SEVERITY OF INITIATION

DIFFICULTY IN GETTING INTO THE GROUP ALSO AFFECTS COHESIVENESS MORE THE DIFFICULTY MORE THE LEVEL OF COHESIVENESS

CO-OPERATION AND SHARED GOALS

SOMETIMES THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE OF THE GROUP AFFECTS COHESIVENESS GROUPS THAT SHARE THE SAME GOALS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE MORE COHESIVE

SIZE

AS THE GROUP SIZE INCREASES COHESIVENESS TEND TO DECREASES

CONSEQUENCES OF COHESIVENESS

POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES

i. HELPS TO INCREASE MORALE ii.REDUCES CONFLICTS iii.BETTER PRODUCTIVITY iv.BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER

NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES

i. GROUP THINK ii.LOWER PRODUCTIVITY WHEN PERFORMANCE NORMS ARE LOW

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