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27 Cards in this Set
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Acceptable standards of behavior within a group that are shared by the group's members |
Norms |
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A socially defined position or rank given to groups or group members by others |
Status |
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Status is defined by |
Power Ability Personal characteristics |
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Smaller groups are faster at completing tasks and members perform better |
Size |
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Large groups re consistently better at problem solving |
Size |
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Tendency to extend less effort working in a group than as an individual |
Social loafing |
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Causes of social loafing |
Equity theory Dispersion of responsibility |
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Unequal distribution of work |
Equity theory |
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Clouds the relationship between individual inputs and group output |
Dispersion of responsibility |
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Prevention of social loafing |
Set group goals Increase inter group competition Engage in peer evaluation Distribute group rewards based on members individual contributions |
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Sheree to which members of the group are attracted to each other and motivated to stay in the group |
Cohesiveness |
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Encouraging cohesiveness |
*make the group smaller *Encourage agreement with group goals *Increase the time spent together *Increase the status and perceived difficulty of group membership *Stimulate competition with other groups *Give rewards to the group rather than to individual members *Physically isolate the group |
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Strengths in group decision making |
*generate more compete info and knowledge *Increased diversity of views *Increased acceptance of a solution |
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Weakness of group decision making |
*takes longer *Conformity pressures *Discussions can be dominated by one or a few members *Ambiguous responsibility for the final outcome |
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Group is better than average individual but worse than most accurate group member |
Accuracy |
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Individuals are faster |
Speed |
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Groups are better |
Creativity |
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Groups are better |
Degree of acceptance |
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Effectiveness |
Accuracy Speed Creativity Degree of acceptance |
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Groups are general less efficient |
Efficiency |
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A deterioration of individuals mental efficiency, reality testing and moral judgments as a result of group pressures |
Groupthink |
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Groupthink occurs when members |
*rationalize away resistance to assumptions *Pressure doubters to support the majority *Doubters keep silent or minimize misgivings *Interpret silence as yes vote |
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Limit group size Encourage group leaders to seek input from all members and avoid expressing their own opinions Appoint a devil's advocate |
Minimizing groupthink |
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Interacting groups meet face to face and rely on verbal and non verbal interactions to communicate |
Group decision making techniques |
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Generated a list of creative alternatives |
Brainstorming |
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Restricts discussion during the decision making process to encourage independent thinking |
Nominal group technique |
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Group property |
Roles Norms Status Size Cohesiveness |
