1. GROUP DYNAMICS Margaret Mead
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

2. What is a group?
Two or more individuals interacting who have come together to achieve a particular goal.
As a Two or more interacting individuals with a stable pattern of relationship between them who perceive themselves group.

3. What is group dynamics? It is a perspective of:
Internal nature of a group/ composition.
How it is formed.
Its structure and processes.
How does it function.
How does it affect individual members.
How does it affect organisation.

4. 1. security: group reduces Insecurity and standing alone syndrome.
Reasons for joining the group
1. security: group reduces Insecurity and standing alone syndrome.

5. 2. Status : recognition and status same as that of group

6. 3. Self-Esteem: Self importance

7. 4.Affiliation: Fulfills need of affection

8. 5. Power: There is power in number

9. 6. Goal achievement: pool of talent, skills and knowledege

10. STAGES OF GROUP FORMATION
STAGE -I FORMING: CONFUSION- not certain about purpose, task and leadership.

11. STAGE II
STORMING:
conflict and confrontation(disagreements).

12. STAGE III
NORMING: settling down, coop, collaboration

13. STAGE IV PERFORMING: group fully functional, devoted to task at hand.

14. STAGE V ADJOURNING: end of group/ new modified group happy sad depressed

15. TYPES OF GROUPS
FORMAL & INFORMAL GROUPS
Formal Informal

16. FACTORS AFFECTING GROUP PERFORMANCE
COMPOSITION
SIZE
NORMS
COHESIVENESS

17. HOW’S & WHY’S OF NORMS HOW Norms normally develop in one or more ways:
Explicit statement by manager: no personal calls during working hours.
Critical events in group’s history: monitoring each other, eg: accident.
Primacy: the first behaviour pattern that emerges sets the norms. My seat, my friend etc

18. WHY
It facilitate group survival- as group they don’t want to fail and forbid interference from other groups.
It increases the predictability of group members predictability of behaviour.
It reduces embarrassing inter personal problems of group members.
It allows group members to express the central values of the group and clarify.

19. Effective Teams Are a result of: high skills, high motivation;
have a clear picture of group goals;
high performance;
success attracts others;
opportunity for individual recognition;
recognition of professionalism.

20. Any queriesss?????

21. Thank you
Prepared by:
A.Shyam kumar