3.2.3.1.9 Group dynamics

Characteristics of a team

Collective identity, interaction, communication, shared goal

What’s the name of the Forming, storming, norming, performing model

Tuckman

Forming

Group meets and gets to know each other, little conflict and little cohesion

Storming

Conflict to establish status and roles decreases performance

Norming

Members accept standards and build units/cooperation

Performing

High cohesion as members committed to efficiently working towards a goal

Cohesion

Tendency for individuals to work together to achieve goals, the forces that keep group members on task

Types of cohesion

Interaction, co action

Carrons Antecedents of Cohesion

Environment, personal, leadership, team

Task cohesion

Working together to achieve an end result

Social cohesion

Relating to each other to interact as a group

Steiners model equation

Actual productivity = Potential productivity - faulty processes

Faulty processes

Things that go wrong to reduce group outcomes and prevent potential

Types of faulty processes

Coordination, motivation

Faulty coordination reasons

Fail to work together, miscommunication, new teams

Faulty motivation reasons

Lack of effort, social loafing

Social loafing causes and what it leads to

Contribution not recognised, ‘hide’ in a group as others contribute, not understanding or accepting role. All these lead to a lack of motivation

Ringleman effect

Group performance decreases with size due to coordination loss

Strategies to improve task cohesion

Clear and shared team goals, clarifying roles and responsibilities, video analysis to improve

Strategies to improve social cohesion

Team building events, social events, supportive atmosphere

Strategies to reduce social loafing

Reward effort, make performance identifiable, give individual responsibilities

Strategies to reduce coordination faulty processes

Practice team combinations, consistent tactics, rotate players less for stability