3_Group Membership

Question 0

Benne & Sheats Functional Group Roles

(Know the 3 roles and the different members that make up each of these)

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Task Roles – initiator, information seeker, information giver,coordinator, energizer, procedural technician etc.

Maintenance Roles – encourager, harmonizer, compromiser, tension release her, gatekeeper, observer, follower

Self-centered Roles - Aggressor, Blocker, Dominator, Recognition seeker, clown, deserter, help-seeker, Special interests pleader

Question 1

Shutz’s Theory of Interpersonal Needs

know the 3 needs and the different members that make up each of these.

Answer 1

inclusion – our desire to belong, to be involved, and to be excepted

+ Social member – someone who enjoys working with people but is also comfortable working alone

• under social member – worthy or undervalued by the group and may withdraw and become a loaner

– over social – tries to attract attention to compensate for feelings of inadequacy.

I’ll need controlled need – whether we feel competent, confident, and free to make her own decisions.
+ democratic member – a person who has no problems with power and control and feels just as comfortable giving orders as taking them.

• Abdicrat – wants to control but is reluctant to pursue it, are often submissive members because they have no hope

– autocrat – try to take control by donating the group, criticize other members and tries to force their decisions

Affection need – our desire to be liked by other members

+ personal member - someone who has no emotional problems doing with the group members

• under personal - Believe no one likes them, only superficial relationships with other members, aloof and uninvolved

– over personal – too talkative, too personal, and overshares