Lecture : Group management and Social Loafing

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20 Jan 2023

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Traits of an effective group: effective communication, belonging and community, productivity, respecting each other. Focusing on individual strengths: time, work ethics, how they do things. Tuckman"s 5 stages of group development: forming, get to know each other, clarify expectations, storming, conflict between members, asynchronisty, disagreements, norming, establish routines, building trust, understand roles and expectations, performing, getting things done, adjourning, mission accomplished, goal achieved. Solution focused: mediation, help everyone come to consensus, arbitration. Listen to both sides and make everyone follow it: abusive, punishment. Norming: descriptive, what needs to be done, prescriptive norms, what should be done, vague. Team roles: task roles, specific assignments, leader, researcher, presenter, etc, procedural roles, communication, submitter. Social emotional roles: peace keeper, foster relationships. Sucker effect: feel like other people loaf = you loaf too. Social loafing: task interdependence, task visibility, distributive justice/organizational justice, procedural justice, group size, group cohesiveness, perceived coworker loafing.

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QUESTION THREE
Effective organisational performance is dependent upon human activity and the efforts of members of staff.
Additionally, the organisation must adopt effective communication channels to ensure productivity in contemporary times.

a). Using your knowledge of OB, discuss the costs and benefits of social media to the organization in its communication efforts with examples. [5 Marks]

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Hey, were you ever able to get these notes? I see that you put these up in 2020 I think and now it's 2022, maybe you graduated and you know the answers for them? unless they are new but I can't find any notes for these ones, its for PFP 101

35 multiple choice and true/false questions based on the M 9 \& 10 material. The student will have untimed and unlimited attempts with the HIGHEST mark taken. Please pay attention to the due date.

A) Several studies have concluded that both victims and offenders have high levels of satisfaction with RJ processes and outcomes.

B) RJ would be most effective in cases involving: youth in conflict with the law; first-time offenders; minor property offences; where the whole community is affected.

C) Amongst the potential benefits of RJ cited for victims are the opportunities it can provide to the victim to communicate with the offender who harmed them, should they wish to do 50.

D) Some of the central concerns for victims participating in RJ include risks of re-victimization or secondary victimization, pressure to participate, safety and confidentiality.

E) There is ongoing debate about the suitability of $\mathrm{R}$ in certain situations - for example, gender-based violence.

F) Usually victims are always given information about the RJ system and then decide not to use it and opt instead for the traditional method.

G) The government study conducted looked at 34 victims of serious crime in Canada and in The Netherlands.

H) The 'community' is clearly defined as the "sub-national government which has jurisdiction over the offence that took place."