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A group can be defined as two or more

interacting and interdependent individuals


who came together to achieve a particular
objective.
Each person influences and is influenced by
each other
 For example:- A group of friends or peers
What is a They strive for a common goal which becomes
Group a bondage
The member of the groups share their skills
and other resources and achieve their goals
through the integrated effort.
Thus, we can say that the group is a ‘thing
that two or more people create to achieve
common goals through integrated efforts’
 Combination of two or more
individuals.
 Individuals are motivated to come
closer physically, and/ or virtually

Characteristi for interaction.

cs of a  They come closer to achieving their


common and shared goals.
Group  Group members achieve their common
goals through integrated efforts.
 Perceive the groups as a unified unit
and stable structure.
 An informal group is a group of people
who form relationships based on shared
Informal interests, friendships, or common
Group goals without a formal structure or
established rules.
 Companionship: The need for relationship with other people is
one of human drives' strongest and most constant. Elton Mayo
observed that the employees in a textile plant who worked
isolated jobs were highly dissatisfied and consistently failed
to meet production standards. A staggered rest period helped a
little. But when the company permitted these workers to take
rest period as a group, production and satisfaction both
increased.

Causes and  Sense of Identification: Workers get more identified in small


groups, and so small groups tend to enjoy high morale. Employees

emergence working in large departments where everybody does the same type
of job, find it hard to form stable social groupings and so they

of Informal 
have low morale.

Job Satisfaction: The group's solution to a problem may be

Groups different from what management expects and it may even be more
efficient. Red tapism is eliminated, short cuts are evolved and
informal channels of communication are established to cut across
department boundaries. By the same token, work groups may also
facilitate job satisfaction.

 Generation of New Ideas: Informal groups are a breeding ground


for new ideas as they provide a supportive environment in which
the members can engage themselves in creative thinking.

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