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Small group or team-3-15 members
- 1.Purpose- you have a purpose
- 2.Interdependence-rely on each other
- 3.Interaction- Communicate
- 4.Outcomes- members given a task to produce or manage
- 5.Satisfaction-satisfied being a group member
- 6. Strructure- leadership or responsibility.
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Satisfication outcomes
greater liking for one another and more cohesiveness
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Informal task groups
individuals who are engaged in common task
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Informal morale groups
meet casually for relasing tension
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Communication Networks
group members have access to onte another
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Centralized Networks
communcication among group members through central person or persons
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Wheel network
group members are restricted to communicating with a centrally located person.
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Chain network
members communicate with only two other people, one on each side
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Decentralized Networks
information passes more randomly among group members, not exclusively through a centrally placed individual or gatekeeper.
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Circle or Open channel network
allows interaction among people on either side of one another but prohibits contact among people directly across from one another.
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All channel network
interpersonal communication among all group members
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Virtual Networks
- present opportunites
- cellular devices, etc
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3 Small Group Leadership styles
- 1.High Directive= dealing with group members
- ADV: effiency to achieve task outcomes
- DIS:some group members perception that they have not been heard or feeling that they have limited input.
- 2.Participatory -designated leader offers guidance
- ADV: moderate task efficiency but high satisfaction.
- 3. Negligent -little guidance or direction that this style closely matches a nonleader situation.
- unsatisfactory.
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Group Task Outcomes
- 1.Providing info and ideas
- 2.Clarifying ideas and info
- 3.Asking for ideas and info
- 4.Critiquing info
- 5.Analyzing info
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Group Satisfaction Outcomes
- 1.Showing solidarity-express support
- 2.Showing agreement-members concur with one another
- 3.Providing emotional support
- 4. Managing conflict
- 5.Providing Tension release
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Hidden agenda
ulterior motive or unstated purpose for doing something
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Groupthink Communication
- -Avoiding communication-silence
- -Maintaing group cohension-feel close to each other.
- -Being in the presence of someone with high staus- conformity increase in the presence of high staus leaders.
- -Feeling Invincible- nothing can touch them
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Group Problem Solving
- 1.Recognize Difficulty
- 2.Ventilate Feelings
- 3.Describe the problem-
- 4.Develop Solution
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Consensus
making agreement
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Mediation
an objective person from outside the group is brought in to help member reconcile their difference
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binding arbitration
- little appeal
- listens to both sides, hands down decision
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Parliamentary procedure
formal meetings that involve large groups from outside the regular group
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Delphi Technique-
groupe members share ideas through email or other communication without meeting.
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Computer mediated group communication
the leader of a committee of team members develops a website or electronic bulletin board with chat opp
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Conducting a group discussion be brokedn down to three parts
- 1.initiating the discussion
- 2.Developing problem solving strategies
- 3.Initiating a conclusion.
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Small groups two basic types of comm
- 1.centralized, communication among group members occurs through a central persons
- 2. descentralized- info passes more randomly among group members, not exclusively through a centrally placed individaul or gatekeeper.
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