Group

Cohesion
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 Group & Cohesion
According to Oxford Dictionary:

• Group – “a number of people that work

together or share certain beliefs “

• Cohesion – “the action or fact of forming

a united whole “
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 Attributes
• Number of the members are relatively small

• Effective interpersonal communication

• Group loyalty

• Unity of Members

• members’ attachment with group

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 Benefits of Group
Cohesion
• Communication

• Positive Interaction

• Achieving Goals

• Satisfied Members
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 Effects
• Increase productivity

• High motivation

• More co-ordination.

• Build trust
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 Barriers
• Clash of personalities

• Conflict of task

• Breakdown in communication

• Struggling for power

• Frequent turnover of members

• Disagreement
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 Factors Affecting
• Nature of the group

• Size of the group

• Location of group

• Communication

• Status of the Members

• Outside pressures

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 Continue
• Inter-dependency

• Leadership of the group

• Success

• Management behavior

• Competition

• Social loafing
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 Cohesion = Unity
• Cohesive groups stick together as
members “cohere” to one another & the
group

• The group is unified; solidarity is high in

the group.

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 Cohesion = Teamwork
Collective
Task Efficiency

Teamwork Cohesion

Group
Moti- morale,
vation

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 Cohesion = Teamwork
• Collective efficiency: a high level of
confidence about success at the tasks the
group accepts
• Esprit de corps: feeling of unity
commitment, confidence, and enthusiasm
for the group shared by most of all of the
members

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 Does Group Cohesion
develop over a time..??

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 Tuckman's
five-stage model
of
Group Development

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 Forming

• First moments of a newly formed

group’s life
• Often marked by tension, guarded
interchanges, and low levels of
interaction
• People monitor their behavior and are
tentative when expression opinions
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 Storming
• Tension increases in the storming
phase – over goals, procedures,
authority etc.
• Conflict often causes fight or flight
responses
• Conflict is a required element for
creating team cohesion
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 Norming
• Group becomes more unified and
organized

• Mutual trust and support increases

• Rules, roles, and goals are established

• Communication increases
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 Performing
• Productivity is usually not instantaneous,
thus productivity must wait until the group
matures
• Many groups get sidetracked by the
storming or Norming phases
• More mature groups spend less time
socializing, less time in conflict and need
less guidance than less mature teams
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 Adjourning
• Either planned or spontaneous

• Can be stressful for team members

• If dissolution is unplanned, the final

group sessions may be filled with
animosity and apathy
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 Performing

Task
Norming

Storming

Adjourning
Forming

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 Conclusion

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 Question & Answer

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 Thank You

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