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Two or more individuals interacting and interdependent, who have come together to achieve particular objectives
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Group
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Defined by the organization’s structure with designated work assignments establishing tasks
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Formal Group
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Alliances that are neither formally structured nor organizationally determined
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Informal Group
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A group composed of the individuals who report directly to a given manager (Formal)
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Command Group
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Those working together to complete a job or task in an organization but not limited by hierarchical boundaries (Formal)
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Task Group
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Members work together to attain a specific objective with which each is concerned (Informal)
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Interest Group
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Those brought together because they share one or more common characteristics (Informal)
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Friendship Group
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Five stages of group development
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Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
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Members feel much uncertainty (5 stages)
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Forming
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Lots of conflict between members of the group (5 stages)
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Storming
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Members have developed close relationships and cohesiveness (5 stages)
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Norming
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The group is finally fully functional (5 stages)
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Performing
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In temporary groups, characterized by concern with wrapping up activities rather than performance (5 stages)
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Adjourning
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Cons of 5 stage model
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Not always true, stages may occur simultaneously, groups may regress
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Temporary groups under deadlines go through transitions between inertia and activity—at the halfway point, they experience an increase in productivity. (Model)
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Punctuated- Equilibrium Model
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