Intragroup Trust And Survival & Smart Teams

and Dumb Teams.

CASE STUDY - Introduction To Behavioral Science
MONTASIR MD TAHSIN
SEC: C
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MONTASIR MD TAHSIN Introduction To Behavioral Science

 ANS: TO THE QUESTION NO: 1

Common ground is the overlap between the positions of parties that may otherwise disagree. "Finding
common ground" is a technique people use to facilitate interpersonal relationships. To find common
ground between parties, participants must search for signals of recognition, which are often subtle and
prone to misunderstanding. Generally, smiles, bland faces, or frowns can be the positive, neutral, or
negative signals. When verbal communication is possible, the participants can speak and then listen.
Another aspect to establishing common ground is the use of visual cues.

The common ground that was established by the reconnaissance team was to survive this exercise in all
means, they had trust between each other, which is needed to complete the training and their group
cohesiveness was strong. While the cave team were waiting for the reconnaissance team to reach back,
in which they have subgroups which created an atmosphere of active district which have resulted in
increased faultiness between the subgroup resulting further fracture.

First, even though both groups had a common ground of soldier training, clear roles, and volunteer
commitment to the mission the reconnaissance subgroup has trust and common ground which allowed
them to complete the mission even though they had divided.The cave subgroups that stayed with the
leaders who they distrusted broke apart even more because they had disregarded their soldiers’
worries, unpreparedness, and no communication with one another.Even though the group was mixed
with diverse members who had no common ground started out great, the trust between them was lost
gradually over time.

ANS: TO THE QUESTION NO: 2

Yes, the group would have fractured given that the group had been divided on the basis of division of
labor which creates a concept of status among the group which ultimately causes people of higher
status to be more assertive and makes them state more commands within the group, thereby causing
lower status group members to participate less in the group discussions which ultimately causes
faultiness causing division of groups to subgroups thereby reducing groups overall performance.

Personally, the group fractured the way it did because of adversity and the pressures they were facing at
the time. Common ground permits organization because people with the similar supply of information
can understand and predict each other’s actions. Therefore, the information being shared on common
ground needs to be equally understood to be understood. The subgroups formed were made up of
diverse soldiers with nothing in common except they were good climbers and they were slowly losing
trust with one another. Additionally, the soldier’s had developed a psychological contract about the
expectation of their leader and when he ignored their concerns causing negative emotions influencing
others and dividing the subgroup.

Overall, disconnection and inconsistent diversity can lead to trust dissolution and subgroup fracture.
 SMART TEAMS AND DUMB TEAMS:
CASE STUDY:

1) From your experiences in teams, do you agree with the researchers’ findings on the
characteristics of smart teams? Why or why not?
Ans: Yes, we agreed with the researchers’ findings on the characteristics of smart teams. The findings on
the characteristics of smart teams are smart teams did not allow individual members to dominate but
instead there were more equal contributions from members than in other teams. According to the
findings, we also agreed that smart teams had more women. But we did not agreed with the findings
which mention that the smart team members were able to read complicated emotions by looking into
the eyes of others. Based on our experience in teams, the situation that we can illustrate is that when
our team having a group discussions regarding projects or assignments that need to be done, the leader
will ensure that all of the group members contributed more equally to the team’s discussions, rather
than letting one or two people dominate the group. It is because in order to have an effective group
discussion, all members of the group have a chance to speak, expressing their own ideas and feeling
freely, and to pursue and finish out their thought rather than letting one or two member to dominated
by any one person. Thus, when our group members contributed more equally to the team’s discussions,
a variety of points of view are put forward and able to discuss. As a result, it is proved that we agreed
with the researcher findings’ as mention that smart teams did not allow individual members to
dominate but instead there were more equal contributions from members than in other teams. Besides
that, we also agreed with the researchers’ finding which smart teams had more women. Teams with
more women outperformed teams with more men. Indeed, it appeared that it was not “diversity”
(having equal numbers of men and women) that mattered for a team’s intelligence, but simply having
more women. This result might by partly due to the fact that more women scored higher in the Reading
the Mind in the Eyes test. Based on our own experiences in team, the standard argument is that
diversity is good and we should have both men and women in a group. But so far, we can see that the
more women, the better because as we can see a group with all women will make the participants more
comfortable, and thus will make the discussion easier. Besides that, women show more self-regulation
than men.
2)0n the highly functioning teams in which you have been a member? What other
characteristic might have contributed to success.
Ans: On the highly functioning team I have been a member decision making. Teamwork is important on
any job site. To maximize your team's ability to work together, strive for these characteristics of well-
functioning teams. Most jobs require employees to engage in some amount of teamwork. Usually, this
leads to multiple qualified minds working on the same goal. However, teamwork can occasionally go
awry. In order to help your team perform at a high level, make sure everyone understands these 10
characteristics of well-functioning teams. .

1. Purpose: In order to achieve anything with teamwork, each individual on the team must share the
same goal. This is one of the reasons purpose-based work is so important. If everyone on the team
shares the same ideals, then the team is far more likely to be successful.

2. Roles: Every person on the team must fulfill a specific role, and every team member should have a
clear understand of what his or her role requires. Team leaders should know what they need to do in
order to lead, and employees should know what they are expected to contribute to the project

3. Priorities: Each team member needs to know which duties need to be fulfilled first in order for the
project to be completed on time. This way, the most critical components of the project are finished
when the team gets together.

4. Standards: There should be a set quality standard for the project, and each member of the team
should know how hard he or she has to work in order to deliver a high-quality end result. This helps
ensure that no team member slacks off or overcompensates for anyone else.

5. Decision-making: In order to have a well-functioning team, someone should be able to make

decisions, and the rest of the team members should execute these decisions. This helps makes sure that
the team maintains a common goal. However, decision-makers need to be sure they are being effective
leaders in order to keep the team functioning at a high level.

6. Clear communication and feedback: Everyone on the team should be able to give and receive
thoughtful, considerate feedback. Members should feel like they can ask one another for help without
facing ridicule. Overall, team members should be able to learn from this project.

7. Effectiveness: Teams need to work effectively in order to make sure that no one wastes time in
unproductive discussions.

8. Personalities: With so many different people coming together, it’s easy for an individual to feel like
their thoughts and ideas don’t matter. A well-functioning team makes sure everyone gets an
opportunity to share their ideas so nobody feels stifled.

9. Conflict resolution: When multiple people come together on a project, butting heads is common.
Trying to eliminate conflict altogether doesn’t usually work, and ignoring the conflict often makes the
problem even worse. The best teams know that the best way to deal with conflict is address the issue
directly, quickly, and respectfully.

10. Success: In order to be successful as a team, everyone on the team must have the same
understanding of what makes a project successful. If everyone is on the same page about what it takes
to be successful, then no one will feel like the project is incomplete once the team stops working.

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