MGOC10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Punctuated Equilibrium, Group Cohesiveness, Social Skills
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Group: two or more people interacting interdependently to achieve a common goal. Formal work groups: groups that re established by organizations to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals. The most common formal group consists of a manager and the employees who report to them: other types of formal work groups include task forces and committees. Task forces: temporary groups that meet to achieve particular goals or solve particular problems. Committees: permanent groups that handle recurrent assignments outside the usual work group structures. Informal groups: groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of organizational members. Stages of group development: forming: group members try to orient the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:862)testi(cid:374)g the (cid:449)ate(cid:396)s(cid:863, storming: conflict often emerges. Confrontation and criticism occur as members determine whether they will go along with the way the group is developing. Sorting out roles and responsibilities is often at issue here.
