Title: Intergroup exercise
1Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
2Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
- Two groups (A in one classroom and B in another
classroom are making choices GREEN or RED ?
write down on coloured cards (3 minutes for each
round)
3Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
- Two groups (A in one classroom and B in another
classroom are making choices GREEN or RED ?
write down on coloured cards (3 minutes for each
round) - 4 combinations are possible
- R/R G/G R/G G/R ? combination will be
communicated by teacher
4Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
- Two groups (A in one classroom and B in another
classroom are making choices GREEN or RED ?
write down on coloured cards (3 minutes for each
round) - 4 combinations are possible
- R/R G/G R/G G/R ? combination will be
communicated by teacher - Each (combination of) decisions has a (financial)
effect - ? So, the pay-off of a decision depends also on
the decision of the other group
5Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
- Two groups (A in one classroom and B in another
classroom are making choices GREEN or RED ?
write down on coloured cards (3 minutes for each
round) - 4 combinations are possible
- R/R G/G R/G G/R ? combination will be
communicated by teacher - Each (combination of) decisions has a (financial)
effect - ? So, the pay-off of a decision depends also on
the decision of the other group - There are 9 decision rounds. Write down payoffs
round by round ( sommon)
6Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
- Two groups (A in one classroom and B in another
classroom are making choices GREEN or RED ?
write down on coloured cards (3 minutes for each
round) - 4 combinations are possible
- R/R G/G R/G G/R ? combination will be
communicated by teacher - Each (combination of) decisions has a (financial)
effect - ? So, the pay-off of a decision depends also on
the decision of the other group - There are 9 decision rounds. Write down payoffs
round by round ( sommon) - No communication is allowed between the groups,
except by a negotiator after round 3, 6 en 8
7Intergroup exercise
- Goal win as much as you can
- Two groups (A in one classroom and B in another
classroom are making choices GREEN or RED ?
write down on coloured cards (3 minutes for each
round) - 4 combinations are possible
- R/R G/G R/G G/R ? combination will be
communicated by teacher - Each (combination of) decisions has a (financial)
effect - ? So, the pay-off of a decision depends also on
the decision of the other group - There are 9 decision rounds. Write down payoffs
round by round ( sommon) - No communication is allowed between the groups,
except by a negotiator after round 3, 6 en 8 - The pay-offs are multiplied in rounds 4, 7, 8, 9
8A versus B
- Groups are divided in 4 duos
- ? A blue B blue
- ? A pink B pink
- ? A lime B lime
- ? A fuchsia B fuchsia
9 decision of group A decision of group B pay-off for group A pay-off for group B
GREEN RED RED GREEN RED GREEN RED GREEN 900 - 900 400 - 500 - 1000 1000 500 - 500
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11Reflections (A and B seperate)
- Decribe your perceptions of
- your own group ... (5 characteristics)
- the other group ... (5 characteristics)
- Write these perceptions down on a transparent
- Group A or B ( colour)
- Other group Own group
- ..... ..
- .. ..
- .. ..
- .. ..
- .. ..
12Reflections (A and B seperate)
- Analyse your INTRA-group process
- communication between members
- decision making?
- cohesion?
13Reflections (A and B seperate)
- Analyse the INTER-group process
- common goal
- trust /distrust
- position of the negotiator
- future cooperation? how can you improve this?
- effectivity on an organisational level?
14A and B groups get together
- Discussion between A B (compare answers on
previous assignments) - What went wrong/right?
- How do you feel about each other?
15Reflections
- Decribe your perceptions of
- your own group ... (5 characteristics)
- the other group ... (5 characteristics)
16Car company
R D PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION stargazers unrealistic book-knowlegde voices in wilderness workers cash-cows problem-solvers pillars of company
R D future-oriented long-term market-oriented experts narrow-minded occupational therapy boffins nit-pickers
17Result for A B and for the organisation
results group A results group B results Organisation
18Win as much as you can
- Cooperation or competition CHOICE
- GREEN chosing for competition
- Self interest!
- RED chosing for cooperation
- Common interest!
19Win as much as you can
- If both groups chose for win-lose (GREEN) ?
lose-lose
20Win as much as you can
- Best individual group result is
- 22.500 for A
- 25.000 for B
- Worst group result is
- -22.500 for A
- -25.000 for B
- Best organisational result is
- 10.000 for A
- 12.500 for B 22.500
- Worst organisational result is
- -12.500 for A
- -25.000 for B -37.500
21Organizational Example
- Safety campaign
- GOAL to reduce number of accidents
- to reduce gravity of accidents
- Management safest team gets a trip to the
Carribean islands - Situation after one year
- Number of accidents 20
- Numer of serious accidents 5
22Organizational Example
- What happened?
- ? Competition between teams (win-lose)
- making other team come out as loser
- Not reporting an error on the machine
- Leave about the hammer
- Not cleaning up oil on the floor
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- Competition has in INVERSE effect
23WIN-LOSE dynamics
- Within each group
- Task oriented
- Cohesive
- Highly structured
- Loyalty pressure
24WIN-LOSE dynamics
- Between competing groups
- Distortion of perception negative
stereotyping - Others are seen as enemies
- Selective perception only listening to what
supports own point of view - Personalizing
- Hostility increases interaction decreases
25Vicious circle
negative relationship distrust
negative perception
decreasing unconstructive communication
26What happens to the negotiators?
- role conflict between
- being a good judge thinking independly and
taking into account every point of view - being a good group-member defending the point of
view of their own group, because of group loyalty
group pressure - if their group loses
- much difficulty re-entering the group
- much scapegoating behavior
27Win as much as you can
- Weird reactions
- A B
- reality -4700 -10.000
- Perception of A WE WON!! (!?)
- Lack of realism
- Even if A and B would be competing companies
28WIN-LOSE consequences
- Consequences of winning/losing
- winner is fat happy loser is lean and hungry
- learning on a system (organizational) level
decreases - tension between groups increases
- Doing a favour for others hard!
- People prefer to drown together
29Learning group assignment
- When did the two groups make a choice for
cooperation/competition? - What were the effects on
- trust/distrust?
- communication future cooperation?
- How effective have you been as an organisation?
Explain why you were (in)effective - What did you learn form this exercise about
intergroup cooperation? - ? In learning report