COMM 151 Chapter Notes -Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership
8 Apr 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Chapter 7&8 groups and teamwork: formal and informal group, typical stages of group development. Storming: at this second stage 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. Norming: performing, at this stage, members resolve the issues that provoked the storming and they develop social consensus. Adjourning: group structure and its consequences. Group size: size and satisfaction, size and performance: cross-functional teams. Principles for effectiveness: composition, superordinate goals, physical proximity, autonomy, rules and procedures and leadership (potential for conflict strong people skills): organizational socialization. The process by which people learn the attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors that are necessary to function in a group or organization. Person-job fit: the match between an employee"s knowledge, skills, and abilities and the requirements of a job.
