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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

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The Biggest Challenge?

Getting People To
W____ T________!

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The Biggest Challenge?

Getting People To
Work Together

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Exercise--1
Exercise

Communication

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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

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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

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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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