Group Behavior
by Groups behavior, attitude and beliefs of its members and how it is influence others.
Groups influence the behaviour, attitude and beliefs of its members. When working in a group the dependency on other team member increases. The problems when working in a group are:
i. Relationships: The relationship in the team should be friendly and should not be competitive when dealing with information sharing.
ii. Member participation: some people might take other share of work and actively participate and the other may be depending on them.
iii. Goal understanding: Some of the employees have a clear cut idea on the objectives of the team; where as other persons may consider it as a burden bundled on them.
iv. Information sharing: If there are conflicts within the group, then the flow of information disrupts.
v. Expressing feelings: Inability to express personal feelings and discuss project related issues because of fear or insecurity.
When competing with other teams, the problems stated above condense. Every person in a team will knit themselves very closely, expect greater loyalty from other members of the team, and bury their internal differences. The team changes it behaviour and will become more task oriented, ready to tolerate even autocratic leadership.
In case of competition between teams, each team treats the other team members as enemies. Each team tries to hide its weaknesses and tries to point out at other team’s weaknesses. As a result, the communication between the teams decreases.
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