1. 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
2. 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
3. GGrroouupp
A group is a collection of people with some
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A group of two or more people interacting
with each other in a manner that each
person influences and is influenced by
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each other person
8. Communication EExxeerrcciissee - DDiissccuussssiioonn
• 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?
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transferring the message?
• How can we communicate in a better & more
effective way?
9. Communication EExxeerrcciissee –
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• One-way communication is ineffective when two-way
communication is needed.
• Listening is just as effective as talking
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• What we say is often not what people hear
• It is difficult to describe visual pictures or objects
10. TTeeaamm BBuuiillddiinngg
Team
Two or more people working together to
achieve a shared goal
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Team Building
The process of getting people to work
together effectively to achieve a shared goal
11. Exercise-2
Lost on the moon
Group Dynamics-Team Building
Time: 15 min
5min for Individual Ranking
10 min for Group Ranking
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• 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?
14. DDiissccuussssiioonn
• Different behaviors of team members
• Feelings of people who succeeded/left
out/sacrificed for group goal
15. GGrroouupp
Two or more people who interact with
each other to accomplish certain goals or
meet certain needs.
16. 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.
23. Five Stage Model of Group
Formation (Bruce Tuckman 1965)
Members
come to
Members
Work
Together
Group
members
work
towards
Group
may
disband
either
after
meeting
Stage I
Forming
Stage II
Storming
Stage III
Norming
Stage IV
Performing
Stage V
Adjourning
Members
get to know
each other &
set ground
rules
Resist
Control by
group
Leaders &
Show
hostility
developing
close
relationships
& feelings of
cohesiveness
getting
their jobs
done
their goals
or because
members
Leave
25. Roles Played by Group Members
Task oriented
roles
Relations
oriented roles
Self oriented
roles
Initiators:
Contributors
Recommend new
solutions to group
problems.
Harmonizers:
Mediate group conflicts
Blockers:
Act stubborn and
resistant to the group.
Information Seekers: Compromisers:
Recognition seekers:
Attempt to obtain the
Shift own opinions to
necessary facts.
create group harmony.
Call attention to their own
achievements.
Opinion Givers:
Share own opinions with
others
Encourages:
Praise & encourage
others
Dominators:
Assert authority by
manipulating the group
Energizers:
Stimulate the group into
action whenever
interested
Expediters:
Suggest ways the group
can operate more
smoothly.
Avoiders:
Maintain distance, isolate
themselves from fellow
group members.
27. SSuummmmaarryy
– 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
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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
