Group Cohesion Essay

Reginald Primus
MGT 415
Week 3 Assignment
Fabio Moro
03/31/2014

To build group cohesiveness and motivate your employees the best way is to let them know that you believe n them and will work with them.
Group cohesion is the force which causes members to remain in the group, which also has members within a group that are attracted to the ideas held by the group. It is important for all employees to share a common goal in the work environment, namely, to complete tasks that will benefit the company or organizational group. Promoting interdependency among the coworkers is to have employees work toward a common goal. The task will ultimately come together, if each team member does their part. For employees to arrive prepared and willing to conquer the task of the day, a cohesive work environment must increase the likelihood of employee satisfaction and serve as an incentive for employees. Unnecessary stress and tension among coworkers is certain to result in lack of cohesion within a working environment. As might be expected, work suffers when employees do not get along together. Thus, cohesion could be the rise or demise of an organization or company’s success in the work place.
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...e the best company to work for is because it has company sabbaticals, onsite child care, health care coverage, onsite fitness center, subsidized gym membership, compressed workweek, telecommuting, and diversity, nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation, and offers domestic partner benefits for same sex couples. Quicken loans has become the title sponsor of PGA Tour’s National.
In conclusion, to motivate your employees and build group cohesiveness you have to make work life more about them as a team and what they can accomplish as a team and have firsthand knowledge that you believe in them. To build moral for a company as a whole you have to build up group morale and give incentives for them to behave as a team and they will build and grow as a team.

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Losh, S. (2011). Group Behavior in organizations. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education, Inc