HCM 433 MANGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.pdf

formal goal achievement and the social leaders (informal leader) who provides “social
maintenance”.
A drawback of this analysis of group development is its orientation towards groups formed by
enterprise self. In reality, similar groups evolve within formal groups or across them.
3.5 GROUP DYNAMICS
Just as there is no one definition of the word group, there is also no universal agreement on what
is meant by group dynamics. One normative view is that groups dynamic described how a group
should be organized and conduct. In democratic leadership, member participation and overall
cooperation are stressed.
Another close view group dynamics from the perspective of the internal nature of groups, how
they form, their structure and processes and how they function and affect individual members,
other groups and the organization as a whole. It is this relationship that holds group members
together and the strength of the interaction that a group has, determines group effectiveness. An
Effective Work Group is one whose members function as a team and participate fully in group
discussions, whose goals are clearly developed, and whose resources are adequate to accomplish
its goals. The following factors can influence group effectiveness.
1. Size of Group:
The effective group is relatively small. Theoretically as a group gets larger it could becomes
more effective, this is because the potential for greater variety of talents is greater. Members
have a better chance of finding people they like to work with. But the disadvantages of such a
large size far outweigh its advantages. For example, more efforts must be used to get the group
to function; splinter groups may form; larger groups take longer to function and may not be
able to function at all. Yet again, as the group gets larger, it becomes less efficient, since most
members of necessity participate less. Thus size is an important variable in group
effectiveness. This is because inter-person relationship is more frequent and it tends to be
faced affairs.
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