Managers in all kinds of companies are using groups and teams to enhance performance, increase responsiveness to customers, spur innovation, and motivate employees. A group are two or more people who interact with each other to accomplish…
According to study.com website (2015), a groupthink can simply be defined as an occurrence that gives a group of people a fault verdict or a conclusion a that a group has made that is an ineffective decision whereby it was reached just to appease the spirit of harmony among group members than allowing individuals to act independently and creatively. As alluded on, groupthink blocks individual creativity by ignoring alternatives allowing irrational actions to tale precedence. It happens most when individuals have similar background and the group is refusing external opinions. The result are that the decisions are flawed and they often come at a cost.…
Creating Effective Teams: a Guide for Members and Leaders is a book by Wheelan (2013) which guides leaders to establish well rounded and effecting teams. This guides starts with emphasizing that group establishment is important. According to the text, “People have formed work groups to accomplish goals and tasks since the beginning of human history” (Wheelan, 2013, pg. 1). The book is organized in 4 stages that guide the reader through a process that ultimately organizes individuals into effective teams. Stage 1 is referred to as the dependency and inclusion stage. In this stage “group development is characterized by members’ dependancy on the designated…
The group level examines the two or more people that work together how they interact with one another and they affectively complete their assigned tasks. Organizational group behavior can affect the bavavior of individual members of the organization by influenecing them to comply with the group efforts. This is by inflencing individuals' behaviors and decision making within the organization.…
The success of an organization is determined by four essential functions of management: controlling, leading, organizing, and planning. Controlling involves directing and monitoring the progress of employees. Controlling employees and the work environment helps employees to stay focused on goals set by the management. Management must provide superior leadership skills by making their presence known in the work environment. Employees have a basic need of having contact on a daily basis with management. By leading managers motivate their employees and increase efficiency. Management makes an organization successful by organizing all aspects of business which would include business functions; creating organizational charts, setting goals, creating an action plan, and figuring out the logistics to make sure goals are achieved.…
Whether groups are formed for social or task oriented purposes, the ability to produce and maintain a sense of affiliation, peer support and collaboration is important for overall group functioning. The cohesion of a social group is produced through the establishment of a set of group norms, which are later defined as a guide for conduct accepted within a group of individuals. However, in order for a group to perform and produce results, the team leader should guide his/her team through the proper stages of group development, which includes the following steps: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Although teams should follow all these stages of group development, the forming and the norming stages are the most important, since these develop and foster the development of the group norm which prevents segregation within a group. In addition, an autocratic leadership style, which is a very authoritative method is useful in cohering a poorly organized group, especially a group of young high school students as in the movie, The Breakfast Club.…
Groups are made u of individuals with varying personalities, backgrounds and ideas. For a group to work well a bond needs to be developed. Every group needs a leader and each member should feel a sense of belonging, a reason and purpose for their presence in the group. Each and every group experience will have a different lesson that can be learned whether good or bad.…
References: Losh, S. (2011). Group behavior in organizations. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education Inc. Retrieved from http://content/ashford.edu/books/AUMGT415 Retrieved on September 14, 2012…
Working with others to achieve same goals is a challenging process. As an individual within a group of people, you need to make sure that you are using the best of them and avoiding their weaknesses. If I did not use good leadership skills, I would probably gain the negatives from the group work. In order to do so, I had to reflect on the leadership models I have learnt in the leadership course. At the beginning, I was really puzzled and not sure which model is the most effective to manage the group, reach the best of it, achieve my goal and not to struggle with my group. However, I came up to the hypothesis that the most suitable approaches for the group work are the situational leadership, to analyse the group motivation, then the collaborative leadership and the distributed leadership. According to Hershey and Blanchard (1970); the developers of the situational leadership theory, “leaders must consider the readiness level of their followers by analysing the group’s ability and willingness. Depending on the level of these variables, leaders must apply the most appropriate leadership style to fit the given situation”. The four different types of situational leadership are, Directing, Coaching, Supporting and Delegating.” In line with the situational leadership, I need to consider the type of the group before deciding on the approach to…
A group is a two or more people working with each other consistently to attain common goals. Individuals in the group are dependant on each other to advance toward the common goal within a certain allotted period. A group working in a potato chip factory might have a time period of a day to achieve the goal of 10 tons of potato chips. While a group working to merge to large banks might have six months or a year to finalize the merger of the banks.…
Leadership is most commonly associated with group activity and group processes (Schminke, M. 2002). It is basic group dynamics that groups tend confirm, this tendency to conform may be either functional or dysfunctional for groups. To much conformity may lead to “groupthink”, a phenomenon in which members of a group tend to conform to each other (Schminke, M. 2002).…
1. In my experience, I found that decision-making groups do not tend toward groupthink. Groupthink is a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group, when the members’ striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action. Groups displaying most of the symptoms of groupthink are more likely to display symptoms ofdefective decision making, resulting in poor policy outcomes. There are seven ways to prevent this:…
Leading a group of people can often be wearisome, a difficult job, and yet many find the experience to be completely satisfying. Satisfaction is directly related to how well-functioning the group is and how to get a group of people to work together is both an art and science. On the other hand, outside the work place, people are a part of a group work which served a vast majority of wide diversity of things. For example, recreation sports teams, hobby groups, faith-based prayer groups, volunteering and charity organization. All these groups form a long common interest. Moreover, the purpose of this paper is to reflect on the development of group work skills based on a group demonstration in class. That will exhibit my proficiency in leading a group in session which will outline the following component: identify of key group skills and dynamics, reflect on the group challenges, reflect on the leadership style scores and belief about group structure, and the understanding of the potential effect of trauma on group members.…
Let’s first start off with the positive things that group work can bring to table. From a young age, children are put into group situations to learn how to socialize and work with other people. These groups help them develop and learn how to appropriately interact in the world when they have grown and matured. Later in life, group is still assigned in many areas of a person’s life; at home, at school, and at work. Some of the positive aspects of group work is that is teaches teamwork and communication. People must be verbal and opinionated to get work done properly and on time. Almost always, a leader will emerge. This person tends to be someone who has an authoritative personality. It can teach someone leadership ship skills and organization. Many times, opinions will differ and debates will arise. In this sense, it can teach people good negotiating skills and how to defend a position. The most important pro to group work is that it teach critical thinking and problem solving. There will never be a time when everyone agrees. Many times, people must compromise to get a good and productive outcome.…
As people, when confronted with a problem where a solution must be found, our ideal situation is to come up with the best possible one. To do this, we ideally gather the most knowledgeable, intelligent individuals into a group and attempt to derive the best solution to the problem. With the collection of these people, one would think that finding the best possible answer to the problem would be a rather simple task. However, what has happened in many situations is the complete opposite. Rather than finding the best possible solutions, many ideal, cohesive groups arrive at the worst possible answer largely due to problems in communication within the group. This is what we call the radical theory of ‘groupthink’. When groupthink occurs, it can lead to poor decision-making and lack of creativity and as a result, lead to severe consequences. It is important that groups be aware of the symptoms of groupthink in order reduce the chances of negative outcomes.…