Group Cohesiveness

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Chapter 19
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Group Cohesiveness

• Shared Goals
• Past Accomplishments
• Size 5-7
• Charismatic Leadership

• Attacks from external entities
• Membership status
• Competition
• Gender
• Productivity
• Satisfaction
• growth

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Member Skills Needed

• Technical
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Interpersonal

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Roles of Group Members

• Isolate-one who sits and fails to participate
• Facilitator-one who makes sure that everyone gets
  to talk
• Dominator-one who speaks too often and too long
• Harmonizer-one who keeps tensions low
• Free rider-one who does not do his/her share of
  the work
• Detractor-one who constantly criticizes and
  gripes
• Digressor-one who takes the group on wild goose
  chases
• Airhead-one who is never prepared for group
  meetings
• Socializer-one who is a member of the group only
  for social and personal reasons
• Leader-one who assumes responsibility for
  organizing and structuring the groups activities

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Team Work Roles

• Advising
• Innovating
• Promoting
• Developing
• Organizing

• Producing
• Inspecting
• Maintaining
• Linking

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Norms Important Form

• Explicit Statements
• Critical Events
• Primacy
• Carry Over Behaviors

• Facilitates Group Survival
• Increases Predictability
• Reduces Embarrassment
• Distinctiveness of values

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Improving Team Effectiveness

• Role Analysis
• Role Negotiation
• Responsibility Charting
• Sensitivity Training
• Structured Feedback
• Self Assessment Inventories
• Exercises and Simulations