Formal and informal groups within an organization

Members have their own norms as a set of rules wherein everyone is expected to follow.

• Group Norms

• Group Goals

• Group Cohesiveness

• Formal Group

The interpersonal attraction among the members of the group.

• The Drive Theory

• Social Facilitation

• Group Cohesiveness

• Groups

It is created via formal authority wherein members are intentionally generated to perform organizational objective or task.

• Union

• Groups

• Informal Groups

• Formal Groups

It is defined as a collection of two or more interacting individuals with a stable pattern between of relationships between them who share common goals and who perceive themselves as being a group.

• Members

• Leadership

• Individuals

• Groups

A well-known model of group development by Bruce Tuckman, which includes Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning.

• Social Loafing

• The Five-Stage Model

• Group Dynamics

• Group Development

It is the phenomenon wherein the more individuals who are contributing to additive tasks, the less each individual's contribution tends to be.

• Coordination

• Teamwork

• Social Loafing

• Social Diacussion

A practice wherein the individual's contribution to the task is displayed where it can be seen by others.

• Appraisal

• Reward System

• Comminication

• Public Posting

When do informal groups appear?

• a. in response to the need for social contact

• b. in reaction to formal groups

• c. as a result of social needs

• d. most frequently in bureaucracies

Julia, Bree and David work in different departments, but often eat lunch together. They are an example of what type of group?

• a. formal

• b. informal

• c. command

• d. task

What is a social group?

• A number of people gathered together

• A group with two or more people who meet regularly and interact

• Two or more people