Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B : Psych2060 ch13.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Henry Meredith

Document Summary

Multiple members (2+, perceive themselves as a group) Isolation: stability of membership, outside pressure, group size. Typing pool, relay race, bowling team, car washing. Disjunctive tasks: problem solving, brain storming, gold tournament, group status. Communication structure: chain, centralized, circle, open. Presence of others: social facilitation and inhibition. Individual dominance: by the group leader, by a group member. Had a leader who promotes a favorite solution. Has gatekeepers who keep information from members. Interdependence: power differentiation, social distance, conflict management tactics, negotiation process. Types of teams: work teams, parallel teams, project teams, management teams. How teams develop: tuckman (1965) theory: forming. Team members get to know one another. Disagreement and frustration set in: norming. How teams develop: punctuated equilibrium theory (gersick, 1988: teams do not go through set stages, basic method of formation. Develop direction and strategy during first meeting. Revise their strategy about half way through the life of the team. Follow this direction for a period of time.