BU288 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: The Sucker, Social Loafing, Brainstorming
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Consists of two or more people interacting interdependently to achieve a common goal. Interaction is the most basic aspect of a group it suggests who is in the group and who is not. Standard teams: co-located, single leader in charge of process, roles, work assignments, appraisals, long-term membership, consistent set of tasks, goals. Formal work groups are groups that organizations establish to facilitate the achievement of organization goals. Informal groups are groups that emerge naturally in response to the common interests of organizational members. Brainstorming (lecture: defer judgment, build on ideas, seek wild ideas, go for quantity. Easier implementation greater understanding of decision and acceptance. Possible dysfunctional group processes: dominant, over conformity, diffusion of responsibility. Forming: early stage the get together stage really fast . Confrontation and criticism occur as members determine whether they will go along with the way the group is developing.
