Groups and Teams - Group performance factors

5 important questions on Groups and Teams - Group performance factors

Explain group cohesiveness and factors that affect it


The extent to which a group is committed to staying together


The factors that increase and decrease cohesiveness and the consequences of high and low cohesiveness indicate that although it is often preferable to have a highly cohesive group, in some situations the effects of a highly cohesive group can be negative for the organization.

Explain groupthink and the model that look at group cohesiveness, goals, and productivity

-when a group’s overriding concern is a unanimous decision rather than critical analysis of alternatives.

-  This figure shows that the best combination is for the group to be cohesive and for the group’s goals to be congruent with the organization’s goals. The lowest potential group performance also occurs with highly cohesive groups when the group’s goals are not consistent with the organization’s goals.

Group Performance Factors (cont’d)

Reward system
culture
job design
performance management and resource-allocation processes
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Explain the team performance factors
-process gain,-process loss,- team efficacy

1. Performance improvements that occur because people work together rather than independently
2. Performance decrements that occur when a team performs worse than the individual members would have if they had worked alone
3. A team’s shared belief that it can organize and execute the behaviors necessary to reach its goals

Explain the team performance factors:
-trust, -roles, -social loafing,-social facilitation

1. Confidence that other people will honor their commitments, especially when it is difficult to monitor or observe the other people’s behavior
2.  Define the behaviors and tasks each team member is expected to perform because of the position they hold
3.  is a common cause and is the opposite of social facilitation.
4. Happens when people are motivated to look good to others and want to maintain a positive self-image

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