{"id":1236,"date":"2013-06-02T23:33:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T03:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markkirkwood.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2013-06-03T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T03:02:34","slug":"foundations-of-group-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Foundations of group behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING GROUPS<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group<\/strong> [within an organization’s structure] is defined here as two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives.<\/p>\n

To begin, “Why do people join groups?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Security<\/strong>. By joining a group, individuals can reduce the insecurity of “standing alone.” People feel stronger, have fewer self-doubts, are more resistant to threats when they are part of a group.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Status<\/strong>. Inclusion in a group that is viewed as important by others provides recognition and status for its members.<\/li>\n
  3. Self-esteem<\/strong>. Groups can provide people with feelings of self-worth,. That is, in addition to conveying status to those outside the group, membership can also give increased feelings of worth to the group members themselves.<\/li>\n
  4. Affiliation<\/strong>. Groups can fulfill social needs. People enjoy the regular interaction hat comes with group membership. For many people, these on-the-job interactions are their primary source for fulfilling their needs for affiliation.<\/li>\n
  5. Power<\/strong>. What cannot be achieved individually often becomes possible through group action\u2014i.e., there is power in numbers.<\/li>\n
  6. Goal achievement<\/strong>. There are times when it takes more than one person to accomplish a particular task\u2014there is a need to pool talents, knowledge, or power in order to accomplish a job. In such instances, management will rely on the use of a formal group …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some common\/classic group classes:<\/p>\n

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    • command group<\/span><\/li>\n
    • task group<\/li>\n
    • interest group<\/li>\n
    • friendship group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      GROUP DECISION MAKING<\/strong><\/p>\n

      The belief\u2014characterized by juries\u2014that two heads are better than one has long been accepted as a basic component\/tenet of the U.S. legal system and those of many other countries. Today, many decisions in organizations are made by groups, teams, or committees.<\/p>\n

      Groups versus the individual<\/p>\n

      Strengths<\/p>\n

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      • groups generate more complete information and knowledge<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
      • offer increased diversity of views<\/em><\/li>\n
      • increased acceptance of a solution<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Weaknesses<\/p>\n

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        • they’re time consuming<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
        • there are conformity pressures<\/em><\/li>\n
        • can be dominated by one or a few members<\/em><\/li>\n
        • suffer from ambiguous responsibility<\/em> i.e., who is accountable for the final outcome …<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Group decisions are generally more accurate<\/em>, while in terms of speed<\/em>, individuals are superior. If creativity<\/em> is important, groups tend to be more effective …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING GROUPS A group [within an organization’s structure] is defined here as two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives. To begin, “Why do people join groups?” Security. By joining a group, individuals can reduce the insecurity of “standing alone.” People feel stronger, have fewer self-doubts, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}