DEVC 70 Module 5

Group Concepts and Group Process

  1. Task

    • Stating or clarifying the problem or task

    • Establishing procedures

    • Asking for and giving information

    • Summarizing

    • Keeping the group on topic

    • Integrating

  2. Maintenance

    • Gatekeeping

    • Checking or understanding

    • Giving support and encouragement

    • Helping others test their assumptions

    • Participating - observing

    • Checking for feelings

    • Mediating

  3. Individual

    • Criticizing

    • Obstructing

    • Dominating

    • Seeking attention

    • Playing the victim

    • Playing the playboy/playgirl

    • Crusading

Group Process in the Philippines

in the Philippines group context is influence by “hiya” and “kapwa” .
At least eight modes and levels of social interactions representing different degrees of Interpersonal relations have been established by Santiago and Enriquez:

  • pakikitungo (transaction/civility-with)

  • pakikisalamuha (Interaction with)

  • pakikilahok (joining, participating with)

  • pakikibagay (On conformity with/ in accord with)

  • pakikisama (getting along with)

  • pakikipagpalagayang loob (being .in: rapport understanding/acceptance with)

  • pakikisangkot (getting involved)

  • pakikiisa (being with)

Stages in the life of a group

Tuckman’s linear model

  1. Forming: Members come together, learn about each other, and determine the purpose of the group

  2. Storming: Members engage in more direct communication and get to know each other. Conflicts will arise during this stage.

  3. Norming: Members establish rules about how they communicate and work. Status, rank and roles are established.

  4. Performing: Members fulfill their purpose and reach their goals

  5. Adjourning: Members leave the group

Functions of communication in a group

Control: Sending of feedback, either formal or informal communication, across hierarchies also affect group member behaviors.

Motivation: Communication fosters motivation by clarifying to members what they must do, rewards for desired behavior can also stimulate behavior.

Emotional expression: Communication among members is a mechanism to express satisfaction and frustration

Information: communication in a group provides information necessary for decision making.

Team Building

A team is a group of two or more people working interdependently to meet a specific goal or purpose. A team can be for a long time, for a few hours, depending on the goal that they need to achieve.

Team building is the process of turning a group of individual contributing employees into a group of people organized to work together to meet the needs of their customers by accomplishing their purpose and goals.