ANALYSIS OF SMALL GROUPS

Analysis of Small Groups

Analysis of Small Groups

Group Dynamics

It is the process through which people interact directly in small groups. Groups have different properties to those of its members the same way that the molecules differ from atoms within them.

Joints: The common form of group activity and may lead to decisions as to have the support of the participants.

The Committee: It is a specific type of meeting in which members of the group have been assigned roles and have been delegated authority to resolve the problem at hand. The authority of the committee is usually expressed in terms of one vote for each member (Robbins & Chatterjee 2006).

The study of group phenomena is valuable because it is the basic cell of society. Primary groups are those that are characterized by a relationship and close cooperation and personal interaction. They are called primary in the sense of providing the individual's first and most complete social experience. It usually tends to influence the members with traditions; modes of behaviors, ideas.

Secondary group characteristics are opposite and complementary way of the parent group. The relationships between the members are cold, impersonal, rational, and formal contract. The secondary group is not an end in itself but a means to other ends (Robbins & Chatterjee 2006). These groups are more numerous and their members have only intermittent contact between them, often indirectly through oral rather than print media. Examples range from the professional associations to the state itself (Robbins & Chatterjee 2006).

The form of relationship between members of a small group tends to develop an informal organization that serves the purpose of identifying the members against the "outsiders". Not all members behave the same way as a group.

Conflict

Where there are groups, there will be conflict. The conflict ...