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Title: Small Group Communication and Team Leadership


1
Small Group Communication and Team Leadership
  • Are five heads really better than one?

2
Why Work in Groups?
  • evidence of increased creativity
  • increased commitment to implementation
  • recognition of the potential contributions of
    workers outside of management
  • opportunities for anonymity
  • relational benefits

3
What Happens When a Group is Too Large...
  • formation of subgroups
  • unequal participation, less per member
  • increased likelihood of domination
  • higher demands on the leader
  • needs higher tolerance for group takeover of
    administrative tasks
  • more trouble achieving consensus

4
Possible Disadvantages to Groups
  • The potential for social loafing
  • One person may dominate the discussion
  • Id rather do it myself syndrome
  • Pressure to conform
  • Risky shift phenomenon--possible explanations--no
    single person responsible, risky advocates more
    persuasive, our culture values risk taking

5
Definitions--Small Group Communication
  • Gaut and Perrigo-- a collection of three or more
    individuals who interact with one another to
    achieve a common task or goal
  • questions--when is a group too big to be a small
    group.must the interaction be face to face?

6
Typologies of Groups in Organizations
  • Learning Groups
  • Self Maintenance Groups
  • Problem Solving Groups
  • Therapeutic Groups

7
Druckers Group Typology
  • Work teams--like a baseball team--on not in a
    team
  • Cross functional teams--like a football
    team--each with primary responsibilities but
    contingency recognized
  • Self managed teams--like a doubles team in
    tennis--no leaders, fully interchangeable

8
Some Principles of Small Group Leadership
  • Leadership is not always vested in the formal
    leader of a group
  • Leadership is multi-dimensional
  • task orientation
  • socio-emotional orientation
  • Leadership cannot always be compelled

9
3 Styles of Group Leadership--Autocratic
  • Autocratic or Authoritarian Leadership
  • Advantages--time, efficiency, large groups,
    simple tasks
  • Disadvantages-low cohesion
  • Communication behaviors
  • controls discussion, low involvement, infrequent
    feedback, dominates interaction

10
3 Styles of Group Leadership--Democratic
  • Democratic Leadership
  • advantage--satisfaction, commitment, complicated
    tasks
  • disadvantage--inefficient
  • Communication behaviors
  • mediates conflict, encourages participation,
    socio-emotional orientation

11
3 Styles of Group Leadership--Laissez-faire
  • Laissez-faire Leadership
  • advantage--utilizes the talents of the group
  • disadvantage--potential for misdirection
  • Communication behaviors--facilitates group
    activity but not discussion, poor feedback,
    provides info at the direction of the group

12
Types of Small Group Decisions
  • Consensus
  • Compromise
  • Voting
  • Railroading
  • Coalitions/Handclasping
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