Ch 11 - Mging in groups

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Cornerstones of Management: Chapter 11
11.2 Typical Roles
Group manager uses four roles of management: i. Planning ii. Organising iii. Leading iv. Controlling Team manager:
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11.9 Personal Benefits
• Power: teams generate greater energy & resources than individuals • Affiliation: team membership establishes & reinforces one’s identity & esteem • Status: team status increases personal (individual) status • Safety: more feeling of security in a team than when working alone • Achievement: workplace satisfaction increased by shared, successful goal attainment
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11.15 Group Task Roles
• Initiator: proposes goals & suggests ways of solving problems • Opinion seeker: asks for information, views & suggestions about the task • Information giver: provides data & information to group members • Co-ordinator: clarifies & synthesises ideas for the whole group Orienter: summarises, keeps group on track • Energiser: stimulates the group towards quality work
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11.14 Group Roles
Usually, roles are listed under one of three headings … • Task roles (help group develop & reach goals) • Maintenance roles (foster group unity, interpersonal relations & member abilities) • Self-oriented roles (related to personal needs of group members)
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11.7 Management of Project Teams
Project management strategies used by managers benefit: • Leadership (shared) • Project tasks (estimating, scheduling, tracking, reporting, and managing risk & quality) • Product development (designing, developing, building, testing)
Cornerstones of Management: Chapter 11
11.1 Introduction
• People in organisations group together for various tasks, formal & informal • As size of group increases, work tasks & communication demands increase • Team members cooperate to enable organisational performance which influences other employees’ behaviour • Terms ‘group’/‘team’ often used interchangeably – but not the same • Employees commence in a group & develop into a team according to size, content, experience, autonomy, objectives, processes, responsibility, accountability & evaluation
i. Empowers team members to perform management functions ii. Shares responsibility for team performance
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11.3 Definitions
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Managing in Groups
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Skills in Practice
Chapter Overview
This chapter looks at: • The meaning of a group/team • Formal and informal groups • Group member roles & the effects of group size • Group norms & their influence on behaviour • Group cohesiveness & performance • Advantages & disadvantages of groups • Stages of group development
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11.6 More Uses of Teams
• Build up each individual’s skills • Increase motivation through sharing tasks & responsibilities • Establish control & discipline • Gain greater individual need satisfaction • Enhance multi-disciplinary approaches
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11.12 Group Size
• Very small groups (2-3 persons) may have limited access to resources • Small groups (4-6 persons) have high interaction & motivation • Medium groups ( 7-12 persons) allow for substantial diversity among members • Large groups (12+) may split into cliques which operate as separate groups • Balance required: e.g. individualism v. collectivism i.e. individual abilities & interests v. the interests of the whole group
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11.8 Project Team Outcomes
Benefits include: • quicker completion • more effective execution • more reliable cost & schedule estimates • reduced risk • reduced cost
• Group: two or more people interacting with a leader ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baiduo perform individual tasks • Informal group: forms unofficially with shared interests • Formal group: one officially recognised by organisation • Team: number of members who work cooperatively to achieve a common goal • Teamwork: process of people working together on common goals • Team building: gathering/analysing data on a team to increase its effectiveness

Cornerstones of Management: Chapter 11
11.13 Group Tasks
• Task interdependence: degree to which one person’s work affects all members • Pooled task interdependence: group members work separately and one person puts parts together at the end • Sequential task interdependence: members must perform tasks in a predetermined order • Reciprocal task interdependence: work performed by each member is fully dependent on the work of other members
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11.10 Group/Team Types
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11.11 Group Concepts
Groups/teams can be categorized by factors such as … Size Tasks Roles Norms Cohesiveness
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11.5 Uses of Teams
• • • • • Develop more resources for problem solving Identify correct problem Improve innovation/creativity Generate better quality decisions Encourage greater work commitment (see next slide…)
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11.4 Group/Team
Condition Equity Person Outcomes = + Inputs Others Outcomes + Inputs Example A worker notes he contributes more inputs (time) than other workers, but he also receives more outcomes (salary), so he is happy that he is being treated fairly.
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