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FORMATION AND DYNAMICS OF GROUP
BEHAVIOR AND WORK TEAMS
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FORMATION AND DYNAMICS OF GROUP BEHAVIOR AND WORK TEAMS
INTRODUCTION
Group comprise of several individuals whose aim is to accomplish certain
tasks or responsibilities in an organization or any institution.
Group dynamics is the level of attitude and behavior resulting from coming
together of people, who forms a group
Groups are more common in organizations, since they make the major
entity.
This presentation attempts to discuss the formation and dynamism of group
behavior and work teams and decision making process in the group
Forming a team takes lots of time since the process go through recognizable
stages.
Cont…FORMATION AND DYNAMICS OF GROUP BEHAVIOR AND WORK TEAMS
Group dynamics is usually concerned with why and how groups are
develop in any organization as applied also in group develop.
Group development has a lot of theories which involve classic theory
developed by George Humans
The other alternative explanation of group develop is social exchange
theory. This theory explains how individual form their relationships
based on their expectation of mutual support and other beneficial
exchanges
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Formation stage: At the beginning of coming together the "strange people",
most team people who come to built a team are positive and polite
In this stage, leaders of the group play a major and dominant role of leading
other team members to know what is expected of them to do, since to them
the roles are not yet clear (Franz, 2012, p.14).
Storming stage: At this stage, they group members start going beyond the
boundaries that were established during formation stage
Storming starts where there is a conflict between team members that is
created by the individual's natural working style.
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Norming stage: In this stage, people learn how to and start resolving major
differences that exists between the groups members.
In this particular stage, team members know each other better and therefore start
socializing together.
People begin developing strong commitments to the team goals in this stage.
The performing stage: In this stage, the team members in a group are hard work,
less friction, and realization of achievement of goals of the team.
The culture of the organization or the team at this stage is established, and the team
members feel easy to be part of the team.
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Adjourning stage: This is a stage that many groups reach at last.
This stage becomes a doom to some team members especially those
who have had close working relationship with other team members
Using the tool stage: This is an approach that occur within every
stage above. Here, the teal leader must help other team members
perform well.
In a group, power is a force that gives one the ability to influence
others to take actions which would otherwise remain un performed.
Individual and Group Decision Making
Individual and Group Decision Making
In businesses, large part of operation entails decision making. Decision making is
however easy when there is only one person relied upon.
Ferrell, Fraedrich and Ferrell (2010) notes that individual decision making is the
more traditional decision making approach and can work effectively for a manager
when the group's input is not required or in certain cases, desired.
In group decision making, there are variety of how people make decisions. For
example the consensus and consultation influences decision making.
Consultation entails taking into consideration opinions of the group when making
a decision.
Cont…Individual and Group Decision Making
The following are the factors influencing decision making:
The decision makers: Individuals decision makers are unique in terms of
their personalities, abilities, beliefs and values. People have different
capabilities and speeds of understanding and interpreting results from a data
which at the end influence decision making.
The decision situation: Change, risks and uncertainties are common in
decision making situations. Recognizing such elements and how they make
sense are two of the main challenges that decision makers face.
Cont…Individual and Group Decision Making
Decision criteria: The criteria established in evaluating alternative
courses of action when making decisions affect the entire outcome
of decision making. Different criteria vary in appropriateness
depending on the situations.
Time: A decision is made at a particular time in a particular set of
circumstances. The decision situation can change very rapidly so
what appeared to be a rational decision at one time might later
appear to be anything but that.
Conflict Resolution Processes The following outlines the stages of conflict resolution within a group before negotiation begins.
Mediators come in between the disputing parties upon the request of the parties or through
the request of the authority under which the parties are.
the mediators should built the credibility with the disputants.
the mediator should bring into being a relatively close and comfortable relationship
environment between the parties and the mediator.
Thirdly, disputing parties should be educated about the mediation process this is because it is
basically the parties that are required to resolve their dispute.
Finally, the mediator must secure the commitment of the parties' to mediation.
Cont…Conflict Resolution Processes
The Mediation Process
Mediators generally follow a common plan for the first mediation session. The session
begins with an opening statement by the mediator.
The mediator answers questions from the parties. Parties make a variety of different kinds of
opening statements.
Reaching a Settlement
Having generated a range of settlement options, the parties must next evaluate those options.
When the parties' settlement ranges overlap there is a range of possible mutually acceptable
settlements available to the parties. Interest-based bargainers will seek the solution which
provides maximum mutual benefits.
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Conclusions stage of conflict resolution
In concluding the resolution process, the team members of a group are not
expected to be biased in judging the disputants.
The Communication Process in an organization
The communication is to convey information and how people in an
organization understands the message conveyed.
The most efficient communication occurs at a minimum cost in terms of
resources expended. Time, in particular, is an important resource in the
communication process.
Power and its Influence in a Group Power is the ability of one communicator to influence another communicator to do
an action which could not be done by anyone.
Power becomes dominance when one (or more) group members have capabilities to
influence others.
People whose domineering position generally assert their own will without
considering the needs of rest of the group members.
The amount of power one person has over another is based on how much each
depends on the other.
In organizations, power influence the political perspective and opinion greatly.
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