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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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