❌Group Dynamics

Question 1

What are the characteristics of a team?

Answer 1

A collective identity
Interaction
Communication
A shared goal/purpose

Question 2

What is a team?

Answer 2

A group that has interaction, shared goals, an identity and communication.

Question 3

What is a group?

Answer 3

Two or more individuals who are sharing in interaction. They have a shared and common goal.

Question 4

What is meant by a collective identity?

Answer 4

The team can be recognised easily since they are usually wearing the same colour kit.
Often team members will feel a strong affiliation to the team and gain a sense of pride when they wear the team clothing on the way to games.

Question 5

Why is affiliation important?

Answer 5

This affiliation is important to give motivation and a sense of belonging to the team

Question 6

What is meant by interaction?

Answer 6

It can be seen as the way they work together to complete a task.

The members should operate in their own role successfully and also be able to link this role with other members of the team.

Question 7

What’s an example of collective identity?

Answer 7

Players can be identified by their kit

Question 8

What’s an example of interaction?

Answer 8

In netball, the defence and central players may each mark a specific opponent and also communicate with each other to cover up any opposition attacks.

Question 9

What is meant by communication?

Answer 9

To help with interaction, the individual players in the team should talk to each other and communicate non-verbally.

Question 10

What’s an example of communication?

Answer 10

Rugby players use coded calls or hand signals to indicate where the ball is being thrown in a line out.

Question 11

What is meant by a shared goal or purpose?

Answer 11

The prospect of achieving success is what often keep players in the team and working for each other.
All the players should want to aim for the same goal to have maximum motivation.

Question 12

What did Tuckman suggest?

Answer 12

When the team forms and as the characteristics being to develop, there are 4 stages of group formation through which the group must pass in order to start working as a unit.

Question 13

What are the stages of group formation?

Answer 13

Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

Question 14

What is forming?

Answer 14

The group comes together and gets to know each other

Question 15

What are the characteristics of forming?

Answer 15

Individuals often finding out how they feel about the team.
Members decide if they think they will fit in.
An assessment is made on the strengths of the individual compared to the strengths of others in the group.
Roles and responsibilities are unclear.
They start to work together

Question 16

What is storming?

Answer 16

The stage of potential conflict when individuals may compete with others to establish position, status or role in the team.

Question 17

What are the characteristics of storming?

Answer 17

Many teams fail at this stage as there is conflict
Relationships can be strained
Competition for roles and positions
Boundaries are pushed - positions of authority are challenged
Goal is unclear or questioned.

Question 18

What is norming?

Answer 18

Once conflicts have been resolved, the team begins to settle down and co-operate, wiht the intention of achieving their goals.

Question 19

What are the characteristics of norming?

Answer 19

Conflicts are resolved 
Goal is clarified 
Greater commitment to achieving goals 
Authority figures are respected 
Appreciation of team mates strengths 
Group cohesion develops - both task and social

Question 20

What is performing?

Answer 20

All the players are now interactive and working together to achieve their goals.

Question 21

What are the characteristics of performing?

Answer 21

Players interact effectively
Full commitment to achieving team goals
Individual roles and responsibilities are completely understood
Team members support each other

Question 22

What can effect how long it takes to complete group formation?

Answer 22

Size of the group
Difficulty of task
Experience of the players
Level of the team - higher up takes longer due to unfamiliar tactics and new roles.

Question 23

Why so group formation so important?

Answer 23

Teams can have the best players and facilities and still under perform. Whereas unlikely team success can occur. This is due to how players work together and how motivated they are

Question 24

What’s the cohesion key?

Answer 24

The integration of team members and how they work together