GROUP COOPERATION

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GROUP COOPERATION

• Erika Fuller
• CIS144

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Cohesiveness

• Social Cohesiveness
• Interpersonal attraction links group members.
• Activities to develop social cohesiveness design
  team logo, share experiences.

• Task Cohesiveness
• Skills and abilities allow optimal performance.
• Activities to develop task cohesiveness
  activities to allow members to assess strengths
  and weaknesses.

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Roles and Norms

• Develop a set of rules and norms to govern
  behavior.
• Are often imposed by the leader.
• Can be built with teambuilding exercises.

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Communication

• Encourage everyone to participate.
• Active listening exercises.
• Giving and receiving feedback.
• Checking for comprehension.

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Goal Specification

• Have a common goal.
• Create mission and goals statement

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Interdependence

• Each members success is determined by the
  success of the other members
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• Competition among group members is
  counterproductive.
• Teambuilding activity each member rank items in
  order of importance, then have group rank same
  items with consensus.