Group Dynamics: Criterias for Describing a Group

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BERNAMA: ACase Study Generally, a group can be defined as more individuals that are connected to each other by social relationship (Forsyth, 2006). Something should be noted that, most of organisations are consist of several people who work together in particular situations and times (Gordon, 2001). There are four criteria in describing a group; i) the members of the group must perceive themselves as a unit; ii) rewards must be provided by the group to its members; iii) if anything happens to one of the members in the group, the other members should feel the affect; and iv) they must sharing a common goal. Consequently, it could create a group dynamic in a group. Group dynamics involve the study and analysis of how people interact and communicate with each other in face-to-face small groups and it can provide a vehicle to analyze group communications with the intent of rendering the group more effective (Davis &Newstrom, 1985). On the other hand, Cartwright and Zender (1968) defined group dynamics as “a field of inquiry dedicated to advancing knowledge about the nature of groups, the laws of their development and their interrelations with individuals, other groups and larger institutions” (p.19). This could be implied that group dynamic might have been using their present skills such as expertise, laws and their social relationship with other people in the group and institutions as a macro level. Apart from that, Greenlee and Karanxha (2010) stated that group dynamic can be denoted as how the group is effectively works and advance the knowledge to any situations. Each of the organization encompasses of variation of people that they are working certain department. Their interrelations with them could lead to the group dynamic. T... ... middle of paper ... ...od leader will enhance their motivation to fight against the Quraish. References Forsyth, D. (2006). Group Dynamics. United States of America: Thomson Learning Gordon, J. R. (2001). Organizational behavior: a diagnostic approach (7th ed.). Englewood Clifts, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Davis, K. & Newstrom, J. W. (1989). Human behavior at work, organizational behavior (8th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill International Editions. Cartwright, D. & Zander, A. (Eds). (1968). Group dynamics: research and theory (3rd ed.). New York: Harper & Row. Greenlee, B. J., & Karanxha, Z. (2010). A study of group dynamics in educational leadership cohort and non-cohort groups. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 5, 11, 357-379 Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. (1989). Cooperation and competition: Theory and research. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.

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