COMM 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Punctuated Equilibrium, Role Conflict, Personalization

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A group consists of two or more people interacting interdependently to achieve a common goal. Formal work groups: groups that organizations establish to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals. Informal groups: groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of organizational members. Additive groups performance depends on the addition of individual effort. Disjunctive- performance depends on that of the best member. Process losses-performance difficulties that stem from the problems of motivating and coordinating larger groups: when tasks are conjunctive, performance decreases as the group gets bigger, Conjunctive groups- performance is limited by the weakest member: diverse groups will generally develop at a slower pace and be less cohesive than homogeneous groups. While the effects of surface-level demographic diversity can wear off over time, deep diversity differences regarding attitudes are more difficult to overcome. Norms are expectations that group members have about each other"s behavior. They provide consistency to behavior and develop as a function of shared attitudes.

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