Stages of Group Development Flashcards
Positional vs. Personal Power
Positional = Formal & External Power (Extrinsic)
Personal = Informal & Internal Power (Intrinsic)
Formal leaders have _______ power.
Positional (External) Power
Informal leaders have ______ power.
Personal & (; Internal )Power
Examples of informal power: Role model, Subject matter expert etc….
Positional Power Sources
Reward, Coercive, and Legitimate
Pneumonic: CLR like the bathroom cleaner
Personal Power Sources
Connection, Information, Referent, and Expert
Referent - Complies because they admire or id with leader
Pneumonic: RICE
6 Roles and Functions of a group
- Clarifier
- Comic
- Deviant
- Devil’s Advocate
- Expert
- Mediator
Think about 12 angry men
3 Types of group process behavior**
Task, Maintenance, and Personal
Task - Directed towards helping group select define, and solve problems
Maintenance - Helping group function as a cohesive unit
Personal - No regard for group as a whole
Group Think Vs. Synergy
Group Think - Desires cohesiveness and will make decisions based on majority
Synergy - From the Greek word Synergos meaning “working together. whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Project length affects desirable characteristics of group behavior.
Short Projects Require _____ and Long Projects require ______.
Short projects require “Task “oriented behavior.
and Long term projects require “maintenance” oriented behavior.
List the 5 stages of group Development
- Forming
- Storming
- Norming
- Performing
- Transforming
*Transforming - group meets obligations, lessons learned,