MHR 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Team Dynamics, Alex Faickney Osborn, Groupthink
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Informal groups: are the friends you are meeting up for lunch. Provided by social identity theory, which states that individuals define themselves by their group affiliations. Groups accomplish tasks that cannot be achieved by individuals working alone. Informal groups are not created to serve organizational objective. Informal groups potentially minimize employee stress because, as mentioned above, group members provide emotional and informational social support. Informal groups are also called the backbone of the social networking, which are important sources of trust building, information sharing, power, influence, and employee well-being in the workplace. Informal groups are not created to serve organizational objective, yet they have a prefound influence on organizations and individual employees. Advantages and disadvantages of team: why are team so important in some of the organizations. Team member can quickly share information and coordinate tasks, led by supervisor. Employee are motivated to work harder because of apprehension that their performance will be compared to other"s performance.