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ORGANIZATIONAL

BEHAVIOUR

GROUP DYNAMICS: PROPOSAL

SUBMITTED TO: Mrs. BushraAkbar

SUBMITTED BY: TOOBA RAO

UROOJ HASHMI

USMAN BARLAS

RAZA HASSAN

WAQAR SALARI

BBA 4/


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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOURGroup Dynamics

PURPOSE

Kurt Lewin is identified as the founder of the movement to study groups scientifically. He coined

the termgroup dynamics to describe the way groups and individuals act and react to changing

circumstances. As organizations are becoming increasingly global, the need to gather peoplefrom various backgrounds into teams cannot simply be overlooked. The study of this process and

all the trouble associated with bringing people together so as to build the social capital required

to develop productive organizations is the purpose of this research paper. Our aim will be to

bring about a thorough understanding of groups and group processes so as to avoid their pitfalls

and to tap on their vast potential in the future.

OBJECTIVES

1. In this report we would explain the importance of group dynamics through the help of

Bruce W. Tuckman Model of Group Development, its five stages i.e. forming, storming,norming, performing, and adjourning.

2. Some main criticisms of Bruce W. Tuckman Model of Group Development by

researchers.

3. Analysis of Group work effectiveness including the drawbacks and the various methods

proposed for avoiding them.

4. Key theories on the group processes by researchers like William Schultz, Sigmund Freud,

and Kurt Lewin will also be included in the report.

5. Trying to find out the practical applications of the stages of group development/group

processes by studying some key organizations and analyzing the success rates of

employing groups or teams.


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Gustave Le Bon was a French social psychologist whose seminal

study, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind(1896) led to the

development ofgroup psychology.Sigmund Freud'sGroup Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, (1922)

based on a critique of Le Bon's work, led to further development in

theories of group behavior in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Jacob L. Moreno was a psychiatrist, dramatist, philosopher and

theoretician who coined the term "group psychotherapy" in the early

1930s and was highly influential at the time.

Kurt Lewin (1943, 1948, 1951) is commonly identified as the founder of

the movement to study groups scientifically. He coined the term group

dynamics to describe the way groups and individuals act and react to

changing circumstances. Group dynamics can be defined as a field of

enquiry dedicated to the advancing knowledge about the nature of

groups, the laws of their development and their interrelations with

individuals, other groups and larger institutions. Based on the feelings

and emotions members of a group form a common perception. The

interactive psychological relationship in which members of a group form

this common perception is actually "Group Dynamics".

The phrase "Group Dynamics" contains two words- (i) Group- a social

unit of two or more individuals who have in common a set of believes

and values, follow the same norms and works for an establishable aim

common. The members of the group share a set of common purpose,

task or goals. (ii) Dynamics- the flow of, coherent activities which as

envisaged, will, in toto, lead the group towards the establishment of its

set goals.

William Schutz (1958, 1966) looked at interpersonal relations from theperspective of three dimensions: inclusion, control, and affection. This

became the basis for a theory of group behavior that sees groups as

resolving issues in each of these stages in order to be able to develop to

the next stage. Conversely, a group may also devolve to an earlier stage

if unable to resolve outstanding issues in a particular stage.


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Wilfred Bion (1961) studied group dynamics from

a psychoanalytic perspective, and stated that he was much influenced

by Wilfred Trotterfor whom he worked at University College

Hospital London, as did another key figure in the Psychoanalytic

movement, Ernest Jones. He discovered several mass group processes

which involved the group as a whole adopting an orientation which, in his

opinion, interfered with the ability of a group to accomplish the work it

was nominally engaged in.[2]

His experiences are reported in his

published books, especially Experiences in Groups. The Tavistock

Institute has further developed and applied the theory and practices

developed by Bion.

Bruce Tuckman (1965) proposed the four-stage model called Tuckman's

Stages for a group. Tuckman's model states that the ideal group

decision-making process should occur in four stages:

Forming(pretending to get on or get along with others)

Storming(letting down the politeness barrier and trying to get down to

the issues even if tempers flare up)

Norming(getting used to each other and developing trust and

productivity)

Performing(working in a group to a common goal on a highly efficient

and cooperative basis)

Tuckman later added a fifth stage for the dissolution of a group

called adjourning. (Adjourningmay also be referred to as mourning, i.e.

mourning the adjournment of the group). This model refers to the overall

pattern of the group, but of course individuals within a group work in

different ways. If distrust persists, a group may never even get to the

norming stage.

M. Scott Peck developed stages for larger-scale groups (i.e.,communities) which are similar to Tuckman's stages of group

development.[3]

Peck describes the stages of a community as:

Pseudo-community

Chaos


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Emptiness

True Community

Communities may be distinguished from other types of groups, in Peck's

view, by the need for members to eliminate barriers to communication inorder to be able to form true community. Examples of common barriers

are: expectations and

preconceptions; prejudices; ideology, counterproductive

norms, theology and solutions; the need to heal, convert, fix or solve and

the need to control. A community is born when its members reach a

stage of "emptiness" orpeace.

Richard Hackman (2002) develops a synthetic, research-based model

for designing and managing work groups. Hackman suggests thatgroups are successful when they satisfy internal and external clients,

develop capabilities to perform in the future, and when members find

meaning and satisfaction in the group. Hackman proposes five

conditions that increase the chance that groups will be successful.

These include:

1. Being a real team: which results from having a shared task, clear

boundaries which clarify who is inside or outside of the group, and

stability in group membership. 2. Compelling direction: which results from a clear, challenging, and

consequential goal.

3. Enabling structure: which results from having tasks which have

variety, a group size that is not too large, talented group members

who have at least moderate social skill, and strong norms that specify

appropriate behavior.

4. Supportive context: that occurs in groups nested in larger groups

(e.g. companies). In companies, supportive contexts involves a)reward systems that reward performance and cooperation (e.g. group

based rewards linked to group performance), b) an educational

system that develops member skills, c) an information and materials

system that provides the needed information and raw materials (e.g.

computers).


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5. Expert coaching: which occurs on the rare occasions when group

members feels they need help with task or interpersonal issues.

Hackman emphasizes that many team leaders are overbearing and

undermine group effectiveness.[edit]

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