The document provides information about forming groups and group dynamics. It discusses criteria for defining a group, reasons for using groups, types of groups, reasons people join groups, and stages of group development including forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. It also covers topics like communication processes, cohesion, influence, goals, power, and how groups are affected by factors such as their composition, size, and cohesion.
10. ‘ Group’ Vs ‘ Random collection of individuals’ Crowd at any place Family, fellow workers, crowd… Random interactions Develop several dynamic processes - norms, roles, relations, development, need to belong, social influence, and effects on behavior - Interaction and influence may be there, but non specific Mutual interaction and influence is specific Random collection of individuals Group
24. Criteria for Group Development (Mills 1967) Needs of the individual Social forces Adaptation Goal attainment Integration Pattern maintenance and extension Group
