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Foundations of Effective Group Communication: Understanding Groups, Teams, and Dynamics

Explore the fundamentals of group communication, including definitions of groups and teams, strengths, limitations, dynamics, and cultural influences. Learn about small group features, power structures, interaction patterns, norms, and effective forms of communication.

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Foundations of Effective Group Communication: Understanding Groups, Teams, and Dynamics

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  1. Chapter Ten: Foundations of Group and Team Communication

  2. What are Groups and Teams? Group • Three or More People • Interact over Time • Interdependent • Share Rules and Goals Microsoft Image

  3. What are Groups and Teams? Team • Special Kind of Group • Consists of People with Diverse Skills • Stronger Sense of Collective Identity

  4. Teams Communication and Teams http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~bustcfj/bola/communications/team1.html

  5. Potential Limitations of Groups • Group Decisions Take More Time • Conformity to Pressure Suppresses Individuality Microsoft Image

  6. Potential Strengths of Groups • Greater Resources • Greater Thoroughness • Greater Creativity • Greater Commitment Microsoft Image

  7. Features of Small Groups • Cohesion • Sense of Belonging, Shared Identity • Too much Cohesion - Groupthink • Group Size - Ideal 5 to 7 Members

  8. Features of Small Groups Power Structure • Power Over - Ability to Help or Harm Others • Power To - Ability to Empower Others • Distributed Power Structure • Hierarchical Power Structure

  9. Features of Small Groups Interaction Patterns • Centralized - One or Two People have the Most Power • Decentralized - Members have Relatively Equal Power Microsoft Image

  10. Features of Small Groups Group Norms • Standardized Guidelines • Regulate Behavior • Regulate Interaction Microsoft Image

  11. Cultural Influences on Group Decision Making • Individualism vs. Collectivism • Assertiveness • Equality Microsoft Image

  12. Cultural Influences on Group Decision Making • Progress, Change, and Speed • Risk and Uncertainty • Informality Microsoft Image

  13. Communicating in Small Groups Forms of Group Communication • Task

  14. Communicating in Small Groups Forms of Group Communication • Task • Procedural

  15. Communicating in Small Groups Forms of Group Communication • Task • Procedural • Climate

  16. Communicating in Small Groups Forms of Group Communication • Task • Procedural • Climate • Egocentric

  17. Teamsand the skills needed CNN, Human Communication, Volume 1

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