MGT262H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Role Conflict, Social Loafing
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Group consists of two or more people interacting interpedently to achieve a common goal. May be a formal or informal group. Groups require a fair amount of negotiation and trial-and-error before individual members begin to function as a true group. Group structure refers to characteristics of stable social organization of a group or the way a group is put together. The most basic characteristics along which groups vary in size and member diversity. Larger groups less satisfaction with group membership. Type of task and how performance is defined influences relationship between group size and performance. Many people are inhibited to participate in large groups. More difficult to identify success and accomplishments of the group. Additive efforts can be pulled together for better outcome (better. Disjunctive best performer affects performance of team (better when. Conjunctive weakest link can affect performance (larger group is when larger) larger) detrimental) Process losses problem of motivating and coordinating larger groups.
