Stages of Group Development

Question 1

Positional vs. Personal Power

Answer 1

Positional = Formal & External Power (Extrinsic)

Personal = Informal & Internal Power (Intrinsic)

Question 2

Formal leaders have _______ power.

Answer 2

Positional (External) Power

Question 3

Informal leaders have ______ power.

Answer 3

Personal & (; Internal )Power

Examples of informal power: Role model, Subject matter expert etc….

Question 4

Positional Power Sources

Answer 4

Reward, Coercive, and Legitimate

Pneumonic: CLR like the bathroom cleaner

Question 5

Personal Power Sources

Answer 5

Connection, Information, Referent, and Expert

Referent - Complies because they admire or id with leader

Pneumonic: RICE

Question 6

6 Roles and Functions of a group

Answer 6

1. Clarifier
2. Comic
3. Deviant
4. Devil’s Advocate
5. Expert
6. Mediator

Think about 12 angry men

Question 7

3 Types of group process behavior**

Answer 7

Task, Maintenance, and Personal

Task - Directed towards helping group select define, and solve problems

Maintenance - Helping group function as a cohesive unit

Personal - No regard for group as a whole

Question 8

Group Think Vs. Synergy

Answer 8

Group Think - Desires cohesiveness and will make decisions based on majority

Synergy - From the Greek word Synergos meaning “working together. whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Question 9

Project length affects desirable characteristics of group behavior.

Short Projects Require _____ and Long Projects require ______.

Answer 9

Short projects require “Task “oriented behavior.

and Long term projects require “maintenance” oriented behavior.

Question 10

List the 5 stages of group Development

Answer 10

1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
5. Transforming

*Transforming - group meets obligations, lessons learned,