ADMN 2220H Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Role Conflict, Job Performance, Informal Sector
29 Mar 2017
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Group (2+ people with common interests and continuing interaction. Pooled interdependence (members work alone but draw from a pool of common inputs or pool their outputs) Sequential interdependence (rely on each other for recourses with the output of 1 member becoming the input of another) Reciprocal interdependence (work exchanged back and forth, with flexible responsibility) Types of work related groups: formal work groups (established by an organization to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals) (ex. task forces, project teams, committees) These are temporary groups that are cross functional: informal work groups (emerge naturally in response to common interests) (not chosen by organization) Group structure (characteristics of stable social organization of a group) Characteristics: size (2+ people) (typically between 3-20) (larger groups=less satisfaction & less friendship) Assigned (prescribed by organization as means of dividing labour & responsibility) Emergent (roles that dev naturally to meet social-emotional needs of group members) Role ambiguity (when the goals of 1s job are unclear)
