Group Development: The Formation of Informal Work Groups “Informal groups have a powerful influence on the effectiveness of an organization, and can even subvert its formal groups. But, the informal group’s role is not limited to resistance. The impact of the informal group upon the larger formal group depends on the norms that the informal group sets. So the informal group can make the formal organization more effective, too.” Informal groups can either be a manager’s best friend or worst enemy. Group Development: The Formation of Informal Work Groups Informal work groups are part of any working environment; how they form, the leadership within the group and how these groups communicate, follow the same basic model. “Groups are particularly good at combining talents and providing innovate solutions to possible unfamiliar problems.” “There are five stages of group development. The first is forming,which is where the group first comes together. Everyone is usually polite. Conflict is seldom voiced directly. Individuals will be guarded in their own opinions and reserved.” The second form of developmentis “storming a chaotic vying for leadership and trailing of group operates.” The third is norming as the second stage evolves the rules of engagement for the group becomes established, and the scopes of the group’s task or responsibilities are clear and agreed. Fourth is performing,not all groups reach this point. Everyone knows each other well enough to be able to work together. And the fifth stage is adjourning; this is about the completion and disengagement of the tasks and group members. The formations of informal work groups are employed by an organization to perform specific functions. Informal groups almost always arise ... ... middle of paper ... ...t Your Self Esteem. http://a-self-confidence.com/ “A Self Confidence. Com.” Boost Your Self Esteem in the Workplace. http://a-self-confidence.com/self-esteem-workplace.php Boost Employee Morale in a Down Market 28 April 2003 http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1164249/boost-employee-morale-in-a.html Group Dynamics http://www.brianmac.co.uk/group.html “Informal Group Dynamics.” Communications Network 2008 http://www.accel-team.com/work_groups/informal_grps_03.html Tubbs, Stewart L. “A Systems Approach to Small Group Interaction” Nierenberg, Andrea. “Eight Essential Communication Skills.” Smallbusinessadvocate. 2008 http://smallbusinessadvocate.com/smal-business-help-article/eight-essential-commu>. “How to Communicate Powerfully by E-mail.” Mindtools. http://www.mindtools.com/commskll/emailcommunication.html {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end}
This paper is going to examine the group work practice of the pilot group work program started by Youth centre (Jurong) — “Girls United” from four perspective: (a) Model of Group Work Practice, (b) Leadership Style and Co-leadership, (c) Planning of Activities, and (d) Group Work Approach. This paper will conclude by my “Personal Reflection on Group Dynamics”.
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All the above will use associated theories and models to analyse how the team was formed and backed up with relevant references. 2.0 Introduction: ----------------- This report intends to look at how our managerial development programme reflects groups and organisations and its concern with the improvement of the quality ... ... middle of paper ... ...), Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and the organisation, London, Pearson Education [20] Brooks, Ian (1999), Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and the organisation, London, Pearson Education [21] Brooks, Ian (1999), Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and the organisation, London, Pearson Education [22] Brooks, Ian (1999), Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and the organisation, London, Pearson Education [23] Brooks, Ian (1999), Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and the organisation, London, Pearson Education [24] Learning to Work in Groups - Matthew B. Miles [25] http://www.google.com [26] Brooks, Ian (1999), Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups, and the organisation, London, Pearson Education [27] Organisational Behaviour Lectures [28] Ocean’s 11 Case Study
After a literature review of several EBP interventions, and psycho-educational peer reviewed articles, addressing homelessness in women, it was found that self-esteem, self-efficacy, anger management, resiliency, communications skills, and anger management skills are a major component of healing for this population. Berzoff (2013) indicates that homeless women often feel “demeaned or bewildered,” and as a result their sense of self is habitually fragmented or diminished. For reasons such as this, many psycho-educational groups were found to include activities designed to increase awareness and skills in these areas. As a result this group will have several sessions dedicated to promoting growth in all of these areas.
Group dynamics relate to how each member reacts, behaves and communicates with others in a group and how certain patterns of interaction are formed (Prendiville, 2004). During the group process members adopt transitory or permanent roles where challenging or encouraging others can enhance work and help achieve goals and disruptive roles such as blocking, criticising or sabotaging the group can prove damaging (Prendiville, 2004) and therefore it is essential the facilitator recognises the roles within the group to help enrich the process.
Throughout this essay I hope to analyse theoretical organizational behaviour by drawing on my own experiences from working in groups. The groups I am going to use as part of my examples are all from formal groups. Huczynski and Buchanan (2007, p. 291) gives a good definition of Formal groups in a few bullet-points, where one of them is task-orientation which in my opinion has clearly characterized the groups I am talking about. The groups are not necessarily consisting of like-minded people, but individuals randomly picked by the lecturer/tutor which in many cases leads to different disagreements as the groups try to establish itself and the members of the group try to find their role within the group. Bruce Tuckman came up with a theory in the 1960s to explain how a group goes through several different stages on its way to success, which is known as the Tuckmans Stages of Group Development (Anon 2009, 12manage.com).
After completing the group task of preparing a presentation on, transferring individual facilitation skills into a group work setting I will critically reflect upon my own participation. I will evaluate my self-awareness while working in the group, as well as those around me. The way that I personally dealt with any issues that arose within the group and how that affected the group dynamics. I will also briefly discuss the roles in which each member of the group took and how role allocation affected, the group dynamics and the working relationships. Finally I will evaluate my work having discussed it with my fellow group members.
... Chapter 2: Small Group Communication Theory.Communicating in small groups: principles and practices (9th ed., pp. 42-44). Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
According to Cascio (2000), work teams and groups constitute of two or more individuals who collaboratively work together to achieve organisationally assigned specific tasks with similar vision, showcase task interdependencies, interact socially, preserve and maintain boundaries, while influencing interchanges with other broader entity units. Asliya Group employs both formal and informal groups in order to achieve its organisational goals. Formal groups are proposed and structured deliberately to subserve organizational interest and includes command groups, task groups, and functional groups (Greenberg and Baron, 2000). Such groups are categorised by an organisational chart, usually involving the subordinates reporting directly to the supervisor[insert departmental example]. Task groups are assembled in order to achieve a specified set of goals within a specific time frame [insert example].
The Importance of Group Work in Today's Organizations. It could be argued that in order to be successful, modern organisations must actively develop strong and cohesive work groups. Why do you need to be a member? Is it true that there is no room for the individual in today’s organisation? The rapid progression and improvement in information and communication technology has led to modern organisations finding new ways to work.
Both formal and informal groups have an eloquent way of dictating the group’s productivity and morale for a successful common end goal. Having a number of common grounds does this.
When working in groups, it is essential to identify and understand the group dynamics as they emerge during group interactions. Although group dynamics vary from group to group, it demonstrates how the group functions based on the different behaviors and attitudes which impact the group as a whole. According to the lecture from class, group dynamics are composed of four elements. The first dynamic is communication and interaction patterns. The first part of this dynamic, communication is a process that is simplified into three main parts: the sender, the transmitter, and the receiver.
From the beginning, where we were unfamiliar with each other and became a team, my team and I had started to learn each other name and getting to know each other. Throughout each meeting, we slowly start to feel more comfortable and open minded with each other. Not only are we getting familiar with each other, each meeting that was held we progress of becoming an effective team member, we learn our strengths and weaknesses of everyone. During the meetings, we learn many concepts from the textbook, “Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices” by Steven A. Beebe and John T. Masterson. We were able to learn different types of concept in the textbook and utilized it as a team to complete certain tasks. The three concepts that impacted my team and I are human
During the maturation of the group, lots of effective features were present; however communication and the purpose of the group stand out more. An effective communication is when the group members are open to each other ideas and feelings are encourage (Kozier et a...
Formation of groups or teams is not something that occurs overnight. Because it involves human beings that come from various backgrounds with different sets of values, forming a group and anticipating them to integrate and function dynamically cannot be expected to