Work
Group or task forces can be defined as a collection of individuals
working in face to face relationships to share information &
resources for a with each other to accomplish certain goal or meet
certain needs.
Group
Cohesion is a important criterion that may impact to group behavior.
“ Group
Cohesiveness is the degree who which members are attached to each
other and are motivated to stay in the group”
(Stephen P Robbins)
Characteristics of Group Cohesiveness
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Interpersonal attraction- Every group maintain a certain type of ground rules: and those are combination of common interest of all members in the group. Therefore, when joining to that kind of group it is compulsory to understand all ground rules and it will be helped to maintain same level of interest.
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Group Pride & Dignity - Every group maintain a certain level of pride and dignity with including all team members. Groups are deliver responsible services to society or any kind of organization or person. Groups may undertake services according to their pride and dignity.
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Commitment - Every member of the group must be a loyal and honest, and they need to take active participation in the group activities. This may help to develop high performance.
Factors that
may impact to Group
Cohesiveness
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Similarity - Groups are accepted similar kind of interest peoples and reject different nature of interest persons.
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Communication- Proper communication between Members is very important.
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Trust - Maintain a positive trust is very much necessary in the groups.
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An Objective - When mainting positive objective, it may help to deliver positive intention to social and it brings back positive recommendations.
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Experience- Previous experience may help to get overall growth of the groups.
Advantages of
Group Cohesiveness
In the 21st
century focused to encourage Group Cohesiveness, because of
productivity advantage and its relates benefits.
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Experience lower level of stress between members
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Low level of absenteeism
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Low turn over rates and better employee retention rates
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Diversity of views
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High level of Job Satisfaction.
Group Cohesiveness has advantages as well as it has disadvantages
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Low level of productivity
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Lack of creativity
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Disagreements
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Struggling for power
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Communication breakdowns
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Clash between personalities
How Increase
Group Cohesiveness
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Making small groups
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Stimulate competition with other groups
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Rewarded system for groups
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Physically isolated the group
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Agreement on goals
How Decrease
Group Cohesiveness
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Large groups
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Disagreement on goals
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Intra- group competitions
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Unpleasant experiences
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Poor evaluation
References
1.Smallbusiness.chron.com. (2019). The Importance of Work Groups in Companies. [online] Available at: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-work-groups-companies-61667.html [Accessed 12 Jun. 2019].
Group cohesiveness (also called group cohesion and social cohesion) arises when bonds link members of a social group to one another and to the group as a whole. Although cohesion is a multi-faceted process, it can be broken down into four main components: social relations, task relations, perceived unity, and emotions.
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