MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Abscissa And Ordinate, Social Loafing, Role Conflict
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Group: 2 or more ppl interacting interdependently to achieve a common goal. Exerts tremendous influence on us; social mechanisms by which we acquire many beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviours. Provide a context in which we are able to exert influence on others. Formal work groups: groups that are established by organizations to facilitate the achievement of organizational goals. Most common form consists of a manager and the employees who report to that manager. Other types include task forces and committees. Task forces: temporary groups that meet to achieve particular goals or to solve particular problems. Committees: usually permanent groups that handle recurrent assignments outside the usual work group structures, Informal groups: groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of organizational members. Can either help or hurt an organization, depending on their norms for behaviour. Problems are more likely to happen earlier, rather than later in group development. Norming- resolve issues that caused storming, develop social consensus.
