by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Designing Effective Teams Managers often are charged with designing or bringing together a group of individuals to carry out a specific function. This is generally how formal groups begin. The manager must then do what is necessary...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What are Team Roles? Historically, teams were thought to have two categories of roles: Task Roles Team Function Roles Extensive research on the topic has identified 10 key roles, categorizes as task, social, and boundary-setting...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Team Tasks Teams differ in terms of the tasks they are trying to accomplish and the roles team members play. Classes of Task J. R. Hackman identified three major classes of tasks: Production Tasks – This means creating or...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Types of Teams A team is generally understood to be a group that shares a common purpose and functions cohesively. As such, there are innumerable types of teams that arise within the many groups making up an organization. Teams...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Group Development as a Cyclical Model The five-stage model of group development is linear in nature. Some theorists believe that group formation is more dynamic cyclical in nature. While groups may pass through each of these stages,...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What are the Stages of Group Development? American organizational psychologist Bruce Tuckman proposed a four-stage map of group evolution, known as the Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing Model (1965). These stages include: Forming...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Theories for Group Formation Various theories exist concerning the reason that informal groups arise: Propinquity Theory – This theory says that individuals form informal social groups based upon their physical proximity or...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What are the Types of Groups? Groups can be classified based on how they form, size, function, composition, and authority. Some of the primary classifications include: Formal and Informal Groups A formal workgroup is generally...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is Social Loafing? Social loafing, also known as the Ringelmann effect, occurs when members of a group do not work as hard simply because they are in the group context rather than working individually. The tendency of social...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Negative Effects of Group Cohesion? While groups, particularly groups that function as teams, have numerous benefits. There are also certain negative attributes commonly associated with groups. Cohesion is generally a positive group...
