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Group Formation: DR - Shraddha Tripathi

The document discusses groups and their characteristics. It defines a group as two or more individuals interacting to accomplish a common goal. Key characteristics of an effective group include mutual awareness among members, one or more common interests, a sense of unity, a "we" feeling of identity, similarity in member behaviors, and adherence to group norms. Groups are different from teams in that teams have complementary skills and hold themselves mutually accountable to common goals and performance.

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Group Formation: DR - Shraddha Tripathi

The document discusses groups and their characteristics. It defines a group as two or more individuals interacting to accomplish a common goal. Key characteristics of an effective group include mutual awareness among members, one or more common interests, a sense of unity, a "we" feeling of identity, similarity in member behaviors, and adherence to group norms. Groups are different from teams in that teams have complementary skills and hold themselves mutually accountable to common goals and performance.

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Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences

Group Formation

Dr.Shraddha Tripathi
Assistant Professor
AIBAS, Amity University
Gwalior, MP
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Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences

INTRODUCTION (What is Group?)


• Two or more persons in interaction
constitute a social group. It has common
aim.
• A group is a collection of individuals but all
collectivities do not constitute a social
group.
Amity Institute of Behavioural & Allied Sciences

INTODUCTION
Groups and Teams are Not the Same

Group… two or more individuals interacting with each


other to accomplish a common goal
Team… a group of people with complementary skills
who are committed to a common mission, performance
goals, and approach for which they hold themselves
mutually accountable
Teams start out as groups,
but not all groups mature into teams
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NATURE OF A EFFECTIVE GROUP


Minimum requirements
for a group to exist

Two or more individuals


A common goal to be accomplished
Some form of exchange or communication
between these individuals
Members listen well & participate
Group aware of its operation & function
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CHARACTERSTICES OF A GROUP
1. Mutual Awareness:
The members of a social group must be mutually
related to one another. A more aggregate of
individuals cannot constitute a social group unless
reciprocal awareness exist among them. Mutual
attachment, is therefore, regarded as its important
and distinctive feature. It forms an essential feature
of a group.
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CHARACTERSTICES OF A GROUP

2. One or more Common Interests:


Groups are mostly formed for the fulfillment of
certain interests. The individuals who form a group
should possess one or more than one common
interests and ideals. It is for the realization of
common interests that they meet together. Groups
always originates, starts and proceed with a common
interests.
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CHARACTERSTICES OF A GROUP

3. Sense of Unity:
Each social group requires sense of unity and a
feeling of sympathy for the development of a feeling
or sense of belongingness. The members of a social
group develop common loyalty or feeling of
sympathy among themselves in all matters because
of this sense of unity.
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CHARACTERSTICES OF A GROUP

4. ‘We’-feeling:
A sense of we-feeling refers to the tendency on the
part of the members to identify themselves with the
group. They treat the members of their own group as
friends and the members belonging to other groups
as outsiders. They cooperate with those who belong
to their groups and all of them protect their interests
untidily. We-feeling generates sympathy, loyalty and
fosters cooperation among members.
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CHARACTERSTICES OF A GROUP

5. Similarity of Behaviour:
For the fulfillment of common interest, the members
of a group behave in a similar way. Social group
represents collective behaviour. The-modes of
behaviour of the members on a group are more or
less similar.
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CHARACTERSTICES OF A GROUP

6. Group Norms:
Each and every group has its own ideals and norms
and the members are supposed to follow these. He
who deviates from the existing group-norms is
severely punished. These norms may be in the form
of customs, folk ways, mores, traditions, laws etc.
They may be written or unwritten. The group
exercises some control over its members through the
prevailing rules or norms.
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