**Workshop 10 - Cohesion Flashcards
IMPORTANT
What does cohesion mean?
Cohesion is a field of forces that make group members stay together
What is task cohesion?
A group’s shared commitment and attraction to the group’s task, and their motivation to achieve common work-related goals
What is social cohesion?
A group’s shared liking and interpersonal attraction, and caring among members
What are some potential benefits of cohesion?
- Bringing out social integration in a highly diverse team (in a highly cohesive team, the in-group feeling has been established within the whole team)
- Increased levels of collective efficacy
- Shift from thinking like a “distinct individual” to a “representative of the team”
What is self efficacy?
An individual’s confidence about their abilities to perform a certain task successfully within a given context, which will determine the execution of an action, intensity of effort and persistence of effort.
What is collective efficacy?
“A group’s shared belief in their conjoint capabilities to organise and execute their courses of action required to produce given levels of attainment”
What are some potential disadvantages of social cohesion?
1) Time wasting - close relations among team members may distract the team’s task focus
2) Communication problems - giving constructive comments may hurt close social relations among members
3) Reduced social relations - too much emphasis on work-related goals may distract members from maintaining social relations among members
4) Pressure to conform to the group
5) The pressure not to let down the group
What are the 5 dysfunctions of a team?
Absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results
What does it mean by ‘absence of trust’?
A lack of confidence that others intentions are good
What does it mean by ‘fear of conflict’?
The incapabilities to engage in a passionate debate of ideas
What does it mean by ‘lack of commitment’?
The inability to commit to a decision or gain a by-in from everyone
What does it mean by ‘avoidance of accountability’?
The unwillingness to call their peers on performance that may hurt the team
What does it mean by ‘inattention to results’?
The tendency of members to care about something other than collective goals
What are 5 things that functional teams do?
- Trust one another
- Engage in healthy conflicts around ideas
- Commit to decisions and plans of action
- Hold one another accountable
- Focus on achieving collective results
What are the benefits of goal setting?
- Members will become committed and motivated to achieve the goal they set for themselves
- Allows for communication that enables members to understand team goals better
- An alignment created between personal goals and collective goals
