MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Punctuated Equilibrium, Role Conflict, Group Cohesiveness
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Group membership importance: groups exert a tremendous influence on us social mechanisms for acquiring beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviours, groups provide a context in which we are able to exert influence on others. Informal groups groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of org members. Typical stages of group development: forming group members try to orient themselves by testing the waters . Ambiguous and aware of their dependency on each other: storming conflict often emerges confrontation & criticism occur as determining direction of group. Issue: sorting out roles and responsibilities: norming members resolve the issues provoked during storming develop social consensus. Compromise is necessary, interdependence is recognized, norms are agreed to group cohesiveness: performing devote energies toward task accomplishment. Achievement, creativity, and mutual assistance: adjourning rites and rituals that affirm the group"s previous successful development are common. Critical in setting the agenda for remainder of this phase.
