The task role gets the job done, and the social/emotional roles assist the group. To be effective in a group or groupthink each member in a group may have to take on many roles. .
The group task roles include: Initiating, elaborating, coordinating, summarizing, recording and evaluating. The Initiating task roles are the ideas, goals, plans, actions and the defining position of the group. Elaborating task role clarifies the idea as well as provides examples and explanations. Coordinating organizes, promotes, and develops team work and cooperation. Summarizing pulls the ideas together by orienting, reviewing and reminding the group about what was discussed. Recording keeps a record, prepares reports and keeps track of the groups work and the evaluating role critiques the ideas and suggestions. .
Harris and Sherblom (2005) (p 53) stated that sometimes roles conflict, collide, or may be confused by ambiguous or incompatible sets of expectations. The advantage of working within a group decision making process is the social interaction that can bring more input and solutions; however because of the different diversity within a group disagreement/arguments can also arise. "When we put people with very different life experiences and sets of assumptions together in a group or team and ask them to work together toward a common goal, difficulties often arise). .
There are different phases of group development that are known as: forming, storming, norming and performing. .
Forming stage is the orientation phase, storming is the phase when the group has become familiar with one another and tends to be more open and honest about their opinions, norming is the willingness of the group to settle upon specific rules for discussion and how rules will be made and performing identifies the real work phase for the group. In order for a group to be successful, the group needs to be aware of what is expected.
(Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborne 255) One of the dangers involve with group decision making is groupthink, which is "the tendency of members in highly cohesive groups to lose their critical evaluative capabilities." (Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborne 256) To avoid the errors of groupthink Team D has a process of assigning different sections of assignments to individual contributors. ... Group Dynamics for Teams. ...
Conflict, Conflict Resolution, and Cohesion in Groups Picture in your mind, your first assignment as the team leader of a problem- solving group at your place of work. You, of course, want to prove your competence as team leader. Facilitating a well functioning team is very important to you. Every thing is going well then bam! All of the sudden it happens, the inevitable first conflict. ...
Another fundamental advantage of focus groups is that it is possible to observe the dynamics of group interaction (Stewart & Shamdasani, 1990). ... Critics maintain that rather than being an advantage, the group dynamics of focus groups are a disadvantage. ... "Groupthink" (Janis, 1982) is also a possible outcome. ... Because of the group dynamics of focus groups, the requirements of moderator skills are great. ... The analyst cannot know all the dynamics that might influence the participants in the discussion. ...
From (1941) noted that the basis of group psychology is the individual personality and defined social character as that part of the individual character structure that is common to most members of a group."1 "The dynamics of the KKK may be better understood in terms of the individual psycho-dynamics of the group members. ... In addition, the eruption of group violence of the KKK type may be explained by analyzing the psycho-dynamics of group regression to an infantile level and the accompanying arousal of the "unmanageable mother." 3 Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, ETATS-UNIS (1960) (Revue)1-3 The KKK p...
1. Introduction We live in a world which is highly competitive in all areas of life. As a student, we need to concentrate on many different topics. We are under time pressure to achieve good grades and while writing about the most difficult topics we are still in the process of learning, sometimes of learning in what we are really interested in. As a graduate we need to find the right job, with which we earn enough money to cover all our expenditures, but which will still be satisfying our expectations. ...
I take from this that the way we interact with others in a group setting and the attitude and inside and outside forces that come into play can, and will, affect group performance and group dynamics. ... Groupthink occurs when a group overestimates power and morality, becomes closed minded, or pressures toward uniformity. If groupthink comes out in a group, the group is less likely to succeed in their desired goals. ...
1. ABSTRACT For a group to function effectively, the norms and values along which lines the group is going to function need to be clearly established and clarified to all concerned. These help to determine the status, roles and responsibilities of the members, in order for them to work together a...
I have been a student of the real estate market for almost five years, and throughout these years, I have learned many of the fascinating dynamics of this genre of investing. ... Whatever gateway is used, real estate offers an escape from the groupthink that often imprisons many conventional investors. ...
