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    The document analyzes key factors for managers to understand about group dynamics and performance. It discusses that managers should understand 1) the company and people in the group, 2) how contextual factors and leadership can influence behavior, and 3) how to analyze group culture and design to improve outcomes. It also describes how high performing teams have self-defined structures like work rules to be efficient, shared responsibility, clear goals and standards, rewards for performance, and a respectful environment where members can depend on each other.

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    The document analyzes key factors for managers to understand about group dynamics and performance. It discusses that managers should understand 1) the company and people in the group, 2) how contextual factors and leadership can influence behavior, and 3) how to analyze group culture and design to improve outcomes. It also describes how high performing teams have self-defined structures like work rules to be efficient, shared responsibility, clear goals and standards, rewards for performance, and a respectful environment where members can depend on each other.

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    The document analyzes key factors for managers to understand about group dynamics and performance. It discusses that managers should understand 1) the company and people in the group, 2) how contextual factors and leadership can influence behavior, and 3) how to analyze group culture and design to improve outcomes. It also describes how high performing teams have self-defined structures like work rules to be efficient, shared responsibility, clear goals and standards, rewards for performance, and a respectful environment where members can depend on each other.

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    Analyzing Salient features in the case related to group dynamics:

    Case study is analyzed for,


    1. What Manager need to know about group
    2. Facture influence group behaviors and performance.
    3. Learning on Group behavior and Manger Action:
    4. Team self defined structure:

    1. What Manager need to know about group?


    1. Company, its history and traditions, its size and economics, physical setting in
    group works.
    2. People
    a. Productivity
    b. Satisfaction
    i. How they operate.
    ii. What they achieved.
    iii. Emotions, feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction.
    c. Individual learning and growth
    3. Task requirement.
    a. Interaction requirement
    b. Variety involved
    c. Novelty and routines of the task
    4. Organizational structure and operating system.
    5. Work group behavior and thinking by knowing,
    a. People in the group
    b. Task done
    c. Structure
    d. System of organization in which group operates.

    2. Factors can influence group behaviors and performance.


    1. Change in contextual factor.
    2. Leadership change.
    3. Group culture change.

    3. Learning on Group behavior and Manager Action:


    1. Look at the outcome of the group and understand the method.
    2. Understand the culture of group, there norms and values, what they do that does is
    not required but however affects their performance for better or worse.
    3. Understand the culture the way it is.
    4. Look at the team design factor and know which are these in your direct control
    and which you can only indirectly influence and work on how you can design
    factor to change in a desired direction to produce the outcome you are trying to
    achieve..
    5. Understand the background within which the group operates and check the
    proposed changes consonant with background factors and work on anticipated
    difficulties.

    4. Team self defined structure:


    Agreement:
    1. The work rules established by team help to get things done efficiently.
    2. Self formed structure of group contributes to productivity
    3. work rules helped in performance
    Overall team has a reasonable amount of work rules to help each to be efficient
    Responsibility:
    1. Each member was encourages to take initiatives
    2. level of responsibility matches skill level
    3. freedom given to dojob
    4. team was encourages take calculated risks
    Standards:
    1. Work group sets realistic goals
    Rewards:
    1. High performance receives more opportunity for advancement
    Clarity:
    1. goals are clear to each
    Since of Team
    1. respectful work environment
    2. Each member can depend on the members of work group.

    “Effective group has several leaders”

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