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    Group Dynamics

    &
    Team Building

    Dr. Z. Zayapragassarazan, PhD.


    Associate Professor of Educational Technology (Medical Education)
    Department of Medical Education
    JIPMER
    Puducherry-605006.
    E-mail: zprazan@yaho.co.in
    Objectives
    At the end of this session the participants
    shall be able
    -to understand the concept of group
    dynamics and team work
    -to identify the factors facilitating or
    hindering group dynamics
    -appreciate the role played by different
    team members
    -to recognize the stages of development
    of a team
    Group

    A group is a collection of people with some


    common characteristics or purpose
    Group Dynamics

    A group of two or more people interacting


    with each other in a manner that each
    person influences and is influenced by
    each other person

    4
    The Biggest Challenge?

    Getting People To
    W____ T________!

    5
    The Biggest Challenge?

    Getting People To
    Work Together

    6
    Exercise--1
    Exercise

    Communication

    7
    Communication Exercise - Discussion
    How does the message change when it is
    conveyed from one person to another?
    What were the weaknesses of the message
    itself hampering correct transfer?
    What were the weaknesses of the people
    transferring the message?
    How can we communicate in a better & more
    effective way?
    Communication Exercise
    Educational Implications
    One-way communication is ineffective when two-
    way communication is needed.
    Listening is just as effective as talking
    What we say is often not what people hear
    It is difficult to describe visual pictures or objects

    9
    Team Building
    Team
    Two or more people working together to
    achieve a shared goal

    Team Building
    The process of getting people to work
    together effectively to achieve a shared goal

    10
    Exercise-2
    Lost on the moon

    Group Dynamics-Team Building

    Time: 15 min
    5min for Individual Ranking
    10 min for Group Ranking
    What did we learn?
    How were decisions made?
    Who influenced the decisions and how?
    How could better decisions have been made?
    Did people listen to each other? if not why?
    What roles did group members adopt?
    How was conflict managed?
    What kinds of behavior helped or hindered
    the group?
    Exercise-3
    Broken square game
    Co-operation and Co-ordination
    Discussion
    Different behaviors of team members
    Feelings of people who succeeded/left
    out/sacrificed for group goal
    Group

    Two or more people who interact with


    each other to accomplish certain goals or
    meet certain needs.
    Existence of a group
    If a group exists the members:
    Motivate to join.
    Perceive the group as a unified unit
    of interacting people.
    Contribute in various degrees.
    Have agreements and disagreements,
    but finally a common outcome.
    Reasons for Joining Groups
    Security
    Group reduces insecurity and
    standing alone syndrome.
    Reasons for Joining Groups
    Status
    Recognition and status same as that of
    group
    Reasons for Joining Groups
    Self-Esteem
    Self importance
    Reasons for Joining Groups
    Affiliation
    Fulfills need of affection
    Reasons for Joining Groups
    Power
    There is power in number
    Reasons for Joining Groups
    Goal achievement
    Pool of talent, skills and knowledge
    Five Stage Model of Group
    Formation (Bruce Tuckman 1965)
    Stage V
    Stage IV Adjourning
    Stage III Performing
    Group
    Stage II Norming may
    Group disband
    Storming members either
    Stage I Members
    Members Work work after
    Forming come to towards meeting
    Together
    Resist
    Members developing getting their goals
    Control by
    get to know group close their jobs or because
    each other & Leaders & relationships done members
    set ground Show & feelings of Leave
    rules hostility cohesiveness
    Factors Affecting Group Performance

    COHESIVENESS
    NORMS

    SIZE
    COMPOSITION
    Roles Played by Group Members
    Task oriented Relations Self oriented
    roles oriented roles roles
    Initiators: Harmonizers::
    Harmonizers Blockers:
    Contributors Mediate group conflicts Act stubborn and
    Recommend new resistant to the group.
    solutions to group
    problems.
    Information Seekers
    Seekers:: Compromisers::
    Compromisers Recognition seekers:
    seekers:
    Attempt to obtain the Shift own opinions to Call attention to their own
    necessary facts.. create group harmony.. achievements..
    Opinion Givers:
    Givers: Encourages::
    Encourages Dominators::
    Dominators
    Share own opinions with Praise & encourage Assert authority by
    others others manipulating the group
    Energizers: Expediters::
    Expediters Avoiders::
    Avoiders
    Stimulate the group into Suggest ways the group Maintain distance, isolate
    action whenever can operate more themselves from fellow
    interested smoothly.. group members..
    Questions
    Summary
    A team is a group whose members work
    intensely with each other to achieve a specific,
    common goal or objective.
    Understanding group dynamics helps to identify
    personalities and helps in making ability
    grouping
    All teams are groups but not all groups are
    teams.
    Teams often are difficult to form.
    It takes time for members to learn how to work
    together.
    TEAM- Together Everyone Achieves More
    Thanks

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