Group Dynamics

1.-Which are the components of socio-cultural environments?

• Age, family structure, globalization,organizations,traditions.

• Religion, beliefs, language, education, family structure, social organization.

• group interests, communities, group roles, teams.

• social system, people, behavior, decisions, personality.

2.- Collection of individuals (two or more), who come together and interact with each other.

• Social organization

• Team

• Group

• High performance team

3.-All individuals work together for a common purpose.

• Team

• High performance team

• Group

• Work group

4.- Types of groups:

• Formal and Informal

• Command, Task, Committees, Interests, Friendship, Strategic...

• Interaction, cooperation, Interdependence.

• Goals, norms, roles, identity.

5.- Size, Goals, Norms, Structure, Roles, Interaction, Collective Identity.

• Work group.

• Characteristics of teams.

• Work team.

• Characteristics of groups.

6.- What are the stages to build a team?

• Forming, norming, performing, storming, adjourning.

• Forming, norming, storming, adjourning.

• Adjourning, Forming, storming, norming, performing.

• Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning.

7.-__________ groups are those that develop somewhat naturally among people. They are not as rigid or as structured as other types of groups and are not formed due to any type of organizational structure or need. An example would be if you have a group of individuals at work that all like playing chess, they might get together at lunch to do so from time to time.

• Formal

• Informal

• Work

• Task

8.- ___________ groups are the opposite of informal groups. They are groups that are developed out a specific need, have a formal structure and usually have a specific objective in mind when they are formed. Typically they are formed by an organization and given a specific task to accomplish that will benefit the company.

• Project

• Task

• Formal

• Informal

9.- Takes place when employees / students come together to make a greater impact than they would separately. __________ results in high productivity, efficiencies and employee accountability.

• Synergy

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Support

10.- The members of a _________ team are usually assembled to work on a specific project or objective.

• Task

• Project

• Functional

• Cross- functional