Groups

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performance (Rollinson, Broadfield & Edwards 1998).

Status in a group can be given by the organisation e.g. a company car, big office, and high position in company. However sometimes the group itself can give out status. Organisations have to be aware that people with status have higher influence within the group (Greenberg & Baron 1997).

3. Norming. In this stage relationships within the group develop and the group becomes more cohesive. There is also a keen interest to find mutual agreement. (Tuckman and Jenson 1977).

Strong group cohesion leads to workers being more ready to accept the group’s goals. However if the goals of the group differ from the goals of the organisation, or if the group members are to self-orientated the organisation may find their employees working towards different things.

E.g. the goals of the workers on the shop floor are to go slower in the week to ensure overtime at the weekend. The organisations goals may be to try ...