Coming into Group Dynamics this semester I thought it was going to be a class where I did a lot of group projects with a big project at the end of the semester. I honestly did not realize how much I would learn about the inner workings of groups and how many different types of groups there are. Four concepts that have stuck out the most so far for me during this class are the different forms of groups (centralized‚ decentralized‚ and decentralized with aggregation)‚ coordination within groups‚ play‚
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Reference Groups People in a secondary or formal group interact on a less personal level than in a primary group‚ and their relationships are temporary rather than long lasting. Since secondary groups are established to perform functions‚ people’s roles are more interchangeable. Formal Virtual Group or Community: web based consumer group. • EBay: a virtual community‚ where goods and services are exchanged for money. • The pressure to outbid the competition. Formal Work Groups: individuals
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Group Membership Working in groups may have many different types of outcomes. A study done by Mark Levine and Simon Crowther did four different studies on how group membership and group size promote behavior. Maybe depending on whom you may work with. The four different studies that they used to evaluate how‚ group size‚ social categorization‚ and bystander behavior differs from each other. I think in all the studies number one is the most important. It states that bystanders in the same group
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Group polarization is the tendency of the group to converge on more extreme solutions to a problem‚ as opposed to a decision made alone or independently. There is a phenomenon called the "risky shift" ‚ it is an example of polarization; the risky shift occurs when the group decision is a riskier one than any of the group members would have made individually. This may result because individuals in a group sometimes do not feel as much responsibility and accountability for the actions of the group
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‘The groups we reject show us who we are just as much as the groups we choose to join.’ For some individuals‚ there is a need to belong to a group to be able to develop their own identities. The price of assimilating to a particular group‚ however‚ is without the mirror that groups offer‚ there is no way of accurately determining our own characteristics. On the other hand‚ there are consequences of not being emotionally connected to any collective group. Either way‚ the groups we join or the groups
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Group DISCUSSION Definition of Group Discussion v Group Discussion is a modern method of assessing students personality. v It is both a technique and an art and a comprehensive tool to judge the worthiness of the student and his appropriateness for the job. Group Discussion The term suggests a discussion among a group of persons. v The group will have 8 & 12 members who will express their views freely‚frankly in a friendly manner‚on a topic of current issue. v Within a time limit of 20 to 30
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Ethnic Group ( Java Banyumasan : Orang Jawa of Malaysia ) In this essay‚ I write about ethnic group and why we cannot define an ethnic group by their cultural elements such as language‚ religion‚ customs and so on. I write this essay because there is a question about why we cannot define an ethnic group by their culture‚ whereas culture are one elements of an ethnic. There is problem of seeing ethnic groups as cultural groups; “the mere fact that two groups of people are of different culture does
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Group Reflection Type:Assignment - Written Assignment Learning Outcomes Assessed:1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 Due Date: 14 Apr 14 09:00 Gold Coast students due 14 April; Logan students due 17 April Weight:25% Task Description: The purpose of this assessment is to develop your knowledge of theories‚ models‚ and concepts underlying group processes; interpersonal and small group process skills; ability to work in a team; group facilitation skills; ability to engage in reflective practice; skills
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July 13‚ 2005 THE SWATCH GROUP: COMPETING IN AN INCREASINGLY GLOBAL MARKET FOR WATCHES Nicholas Hayek and Ernst Thomke formed the Swatch Group (the Group) in 1983 by merging two bankrupt watch-making groups. The merger gave the Group ownership of many of the Switzerland’s dominant watch brands. Swatch‚ their first product initiative‚ was so successful that it helped pull the squandering Swiss watch industry out of a slump. In June 1999‚ with its 14 brands‚ the Group was the world’s largest watch
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Group Communication Effective group communications come in forms of verbal and non-verbal techniques. Essential parts of the entire group’s contribution are that the group contains full participating members‚ the group is diverse‚ and that the diversity is recognized and respected (Hartley‚ 1997). In the videos viewed‚ three were evaluated on the effective and ineffective communication skills of the participants and suggestions made on how they could improve. The videos are titled‚ “Planning
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