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Intergroup exercise
  • Goal win as much as you can

2
Intergroup 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)

3
Intergroup 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

4
Intergroup 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

5
Intergroup 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)

6
Intergroup 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

7
Intergroup 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

8
A 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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Reflections (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
  • ..... ..
  • .. ..
  • .. ..
  • .. ..
  • .. ..

12
Reflections (A and B seperate)
  • Analyse your INTRA-group process
  • communication between members
  • decision making?
  • cohesion?

13
Reflections (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?

14
A 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?

15
Reflections
  • Decribe your perceptions of
  • your own group ... (5 characteristics)
  • the other group ... (5 characteristics)

16
Car 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
17
Result for A B and for the organisation
results group A results group B results Organisation

18
Win as much as you can
  • Cooperation or competition CHOICE
  • GREEN chosing for competition
  • Self interest!
  • RED chosing for cooperation
  • Common interest!

19
Win as much as you can
  • If both groups chose for win-lose (GREEN) ?
    lose-lose

20
Win 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

21
Organizational 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

22
Organizational 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
  • Competition has in INVERSE effect

23
WIN-LOSE dynamics
  • Within each group
  • Task oriented
  • Cohesive
  • Highly structured
  • Loyalty pressure

24
WIN-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

25
Vicious circle
negative relationship distrust
negative perception
decreasing unconstructive communication
26
What 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

27
Win 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

28
WIN-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

29
Learning 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
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