MGCR 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Nominal Group Technique, Groupthink, Delphi Method

• School: McGill University
• Department: Management Core
• Course: MGCR 222
• Professor: Chantal Westgate

Document Summary

Both terms refer to the interplay between two or more member within an organization. Group : a collection of two or more people who share a common interest or association. Team : collection of people who work interdependently as a unit. They are task oriented, and their member share common goals, work towards those goals interdependently an are accountable to one another to achieve those goals. Can improve quality of decision making, enhance creativity, increase motivation and help facilitate organizational change = good for organizations. Notion of teams focuses on how member achieve tasks. Notion of groups focuses more on affiliation or the nature of the interpersonal relationships among members (more concerned with common interest and the benefits of the interpersonal relationships amongst members) If team is large, work is divided among sub teams this may increase productivity but it is important that the collective maintain a strong collective identity.