ORGANIZATIONAL

BEHAVIOR-II

Prof. Richa Saxena

INTRODUCTION TO GROUP
DYNAMICS

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DESERT SURVIVAL

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Calculations
Team No.

 Average Individual Error score _________________

 Team Error score = (Team ranking – Expert Ranking)
___________
 Highest Individual Error score______________
 Lowest Individual Error score _______________
 Team Effectiveness = (Average Individual error score –
Team error score) _____
 Team Synergy = (Lowest Individual error score – Team
error score) ________

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Group Decision Making
 Participation
 Influence
 Conflict

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Why do people join group?
 Survival Need
 Psychological Need
 Information Need
 Identity Need
 Economic Need
 Productivity Need
 Well-being

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Social Identity Theory
 Perspective that considers when and why
individuals consider themselves members
of groups
 Social identity helps us understand who
we are and where we fit in with people
 When do people develop social identity?
 Similarity
 Distinctiveness
 Status
 Uncertainty reduction
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5-Stage / Tuckman’s Model of
Group Development

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Punctuated Equilibrium Model
 A set of phases that temporary groups
(with specific deadlines) go through that
involves transitions between inertia and
activity

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Group Properties
 Roles
 Norms
 Conformity
 Status
 Diversity
 Size
 Social loafing

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Group Properties
• Cohesiveness
The degree to which group members are attracted to
each other and are motivated to stay in the group

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Types of Interdependence
Task Interdependence: concerns how team
members work together to carry out their tasks
Goal Interdependence: the extent to which
members’ goals are compatible and team focused
Outcome Interdependence: the extent to which
rewards and feedback are tied to overall team, not
individual, performance

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GROUP DECISION MAKING

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Groupthink & Groupshift
 Groupthink
 Situations in which group pressures for
conformity deter the group from critically
appraising unusual, minority, or unpopular
views
 Related to norms, homogeneity and time
pressure
 Groupshift or Group Polarization
 A change between a group’s decision and an
individual decision that a member within the
group would make
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