Group Communication Vocabulary

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Group Communication Vocabulary
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Group

• A small number of people who identify and
  interact with one another because of a common
  interest, bond, or goal

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Committee

• A group with a specialized task which is part of
  the structure of an organization

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Advocacy group

• A group set up specifically to support, protect,
  defend, or lobby for a case or group

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Group goal

• The specific tasks and expected outcome of a group

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Policy-making group

• A group that has the task of creating procedural
  rules for all organizational members to follow

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Action group

• A group appointed to plan and implement a
  specific course of action

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Social group

• A group that someone joins purely for social
  reasons

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Group norm

• Informal, often unstated rules about what
  behavior is appropriate in a group

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Prescribed norm

• A rule of appropriate behavior that is routinely
  taught to new group members

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Facilitator

• A group member who adds positive task energy to
  the group by helping group members follow through
  on tasks

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Initiator

• A group member who works to get the group started
  toward achieving the group goal

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Agitator

• Someone who injects negative energy into the
  group process

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Group dynamics

• The energy created as group members communicate
  and interact with one another

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Group discussion

• Three or more people exchanging ideas on specific
  topic for a specific purpose

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Team

• A small group that usually is given power to make
  and implement decisions