Work Teams and Groups 2

In the last byte, we began our discussion on work teams and groups. In today's byte, we continue this discussion and understand some of the aspects of group behavior further.

There are 4 important topics that are extremely relevant to the functioning of the group. We shall define these in the current byte.

1. Norms of Behavior: These refer to the standards that a work group uses to evaluate the behavior of its members
2. Group Cohesion: Refers to the "interpersonal glue" that makes members of the group stick together
3. Social Loafing: Refers to the failure of group members to contribute personal time, effort, thoughts or other resources to the group
4. Loss of Individuality: Refers to the social process in which individual group members lose self-awareness and its accompanying sense of accountability, inhibition and responsibility for individual behavior.

We shall discuss these in greater detail in the next few bytes.