Chapter 13

Groups:

• • Two or more freely interacting individuals who share collective norms, share collective goals, and have a common identity

• • A small group of people working together with a common purpose, performance goals, and mutual accountability,

• A group, headed by a leader, that is established to do something productive for the organization.

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

Teams:

• • A small group of people working together with a common purpose, performance goals, and mutual accountability,

• A group, headed by a leader, that is established to do something productive for the organization.

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

• These teams are usually permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team’s purpose in order for the team to succeed.

Formal groups:

• • A small group of people working together with a common purpose, performance goals, and mutual accountability,

• A group, headed by a leader, that is established to do something productive for the organization.

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

• These teams are usually permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team’s purpose in order for the team to succeed.

Informal groups:

• • A small group of people working together with a common purpose, performance goals, and mutual accountability,

• A group, headed by a leader, that is established to do something productive for the organization.

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

• These teams are usually permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team’s purpose in order for the team to succeed.

Work Teams:

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

• These teams are usually permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team’s purpose in order for the team to succeed.

• • Are assembled to solve a particular problem or complete a specific task,

• • A team that is staffed with specialists pursuing a common objective.

Project Teams:

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

• These teams are usually permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team’s purpose in order for the team to succeed.

• • Are assembled to solve a particular problem or complete a specific task,

• • A team that is staffed with specialists pursuing a common objective.

Cross-functional Teams:

• • A group formed by people seeking friendship that has no officially appointed leader, although a leader may emerge from the membership.

• These teams are usually permanent, and members must give their complete commitment to the team’s purpose in order for the team to succeed.

• • Are assembled to solve a particular problem or complete a specific task,

• • A team that is staffed with specialists pursuing a common objective.

Self-managed Teams:

• • Are assembled to solve a particular problem or complete a specific task,

• • A team that is staffed with specialists pursuing a common objective.

• • groups of workers who are given administrative oversight for their task domains.

• • Teams that work together over time and distance via electronic media to combine effort and achieve common goals

Virtual Teams:

• • Are assembled to solve a particular problem or complete a specific task,

• • A team that is staffed with specialists pursuing a common objective.

• • groups of workers who are given administrative oversight for their task domains.

• • Teams that work together over time and distance via electronic media to combine effort and achieve common goals

the different stages of group and team development

• • Performing

    Adjourning

• • Forming

    Storming

    Norming

    Performing

    Adjourning

• • Forming

    Storming

    Performing