Project Report On: Group Dynamics

PROJECT REPORT ON: GROUP DYNAMICS

SUBMITTED TO:- PROF. POOJA GOEL

SUBMITTED BY :ARVIND GUPTA (8123) SUNIL SINGH(8155) ASIF SHAIKH (8150) VINEET SHARMA(8132) KARTIK MAHAVEKAR(8141)

GROUP DYNAMICS

Learning objectives • To understand the nature and types of group. • To understand concept of teams and types of team. • To know the stages of team formation. • To understand factors affecting group dynamics and effectiveness. • To understand the impact of group think and maturity on group dyanmic.

What is group? A group is any number of people who share goals,often communicate with one another over a period of time and are few enough so that each individual may communicate with all the other person-to-person.

Types of group • • • • •

Friendship groups Task groups Formal groups Informal groups Effective groups

Teams The dictionary gives the word team the meaning of “lump” or “mass”. A general definition is “a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, set of performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable”. “Man can only make progress in a cooperative teams.”

Types of team • • • • •

Functional team Problem solving team Cross-functional team Self-managed team Virtual team

Development stage of team • • • • •

Forming stage Storming stage Norming stage Performing stage Adjourning stage

Influence on team effectiveness • • • •

Context Goals Team size Team members role and diversity

(A) Task oriented roles 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

Initiating Seeking information or opinions Giving information or opinion Clarifying and elaborating Summarizing Consensus testing

(B) Relationship oriented roles 1) 2) 3) 4)

Harmonizing Gate keeping Encouraging compromising

(C) self-oriented roles 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

Dominator Negativist Aggressor Playboy Storyteller Interrupter Poor me

Team diversity • Norms • cohesiveness

GROUP THINK “GROPUPTHINK” is an agreement- atany cost mentality that results in ineffective team decision-making and poor decisions.

Group think process Initial conditions  high coensiveness Insulation of the Team from outsiders. Lack of methodical Procedures for sear-Ch &appraisal. High stress with low Degree of hopes for For finding a better Solution than the other Favoured by the leader Or other influential People. Complex or changing Environment.

Conformity Seeking Tendency of The gropu

Characteristics of Group thinking  illusion of Invulnerability Collective Rationalization Believe in inhere-nt mortality of the Team Stereotypes of Other groups Self-censorship

Group think leads To defective Decision making  in complete Survey of Alternatives Poor informati-on search Failure to Work out Contingency plans

Remedies to over come group think Organizational remedies • Multiple groups examine same issue • Teach managers methods they can use to recognize and overcomes symptoms.

Leader oriented remedies • Encourage all members to evaluate ideas critically • Bring in outsiders to evaluate ideas critically.

Process-oriented remedies

• Use subgroups to develop alternatives and compare solutions. • Compare to other organization solutions. • Prior to implementation, hold “second chance” meetings.

Member oriented remedies

• Make no decision until all ideas have been evaluated. • Go outside the group for opinions and share them afterwards.

•Thank you