SUBJECT CODE — MGT512 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES & ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR
SUBMITTED TO— MALIKA RANI (LECTURER LSB ) SUBMITTED BY -- ANUPAM KUMAR , MBA ROLL.NO –RR10002B44 REG.NO. 11005012 INTRODUCTION TO GROUP BEHAVIOUR
What are Groups?
Two or more individuals, interacting and Interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives
Group Behaviour :- Group behaviour emanates from the causes that contribute to the group’s effectiveness. * The well structured, well defined role and status hierarchy, able leadership, well developed norms and strong cohesiveness a group has, the greater is the groupthink. * Groupthink is defined as “the deterioration of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgement in the interest of group solidarity.”
As groups function and interact with other groups, they develop their own unique set of characteristics including structure, cohesiveness, roles, norms and processes. As a result, groups may cooperate or compete with other groups, and intergroup
GROUP EFFECTIVENESS
Most of people define the effectiveness as getting job done. The definition of group effectiveness is boarder it can be measured in three fold--- Productivity, satisfaction and capacity to continued co-operation. These three criteria are inter related to each other and interdependent. All three point shows the long-term group effectiveness.
PRODUCTIVITY—Does the output of group meet the standards of the people who have to use it ? (both in terms of quantity and quality) This output can meet one’s