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| Most
of us at some point in our lives will get involved with the
forming some sort of 'group' activity. It could be as varied
as coming together to form a local pub fishing club or netball
team or alternatively a local community pressure group to push
forward change. Whatever the group or its purpose we all start
off full of good intent and what we perceive as being a 'common
shared goal.' Yet it doesn't usually take long before bickering
starts and people begin to appear to be pulling in different
directions. |
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| Recognising
what is going on at this stage and resolving any issues properly
can make things run far more smoothly later on! |
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don't need a crystal ball to predict how things will develop
within a new group |
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huge amount of research has been undertaken into how human beings
interact with one another and in identifying universally common
patterns of behaviour when we form into groups to work together.
Multi-national companies such as General Motors, Ford, ICI and
Honda pay close attention to such research and base how they
organise people to work closely together on it. |
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truth is though, any group of people keen to work together on
any project can benefit greatly from understanding the basics
of what is known as 'group dynamics.' The ideas
behind such theory is not complicated, it simply describes a
process we all engage in when working together - the trick to
using the theory is simply to recognise the natural process
that is at work within your group and then making it work for
you rather than against you. It really is that simple! |
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