COMM 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Assizes, Regional Policy Of The European Union, Group Cohesiveness
17 Mar 2016
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Learning objective 1: define groups and distinguish between formal and informal groups. A group consists of two or more people interacting interdependently to achieve a common goal. To accomplish those goals, members rely on each other"s and this is called interdependence. Groups allows us to influence others and to be influenced. Formal groups: established by organizations to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals. (manager and employee, task forces, project teams ) Informal groups: groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of organizational members (might hurt an organization and therefore sanctioned by the organization) Forming: the situation is often ambiguous, and members are aware of their dependency on each other. Managers have to: -prepare carefully for the first meeting. As long as people are working, do not look for radical progress during phase 1. Be sure that adequate resources are available to actually execute the phase 2 plan.
