Lesson 5 - Foundations of
group behavior and
understanding work teams
Class Organisational Psychology IOP2602
Reviewed
This is a comprehensive summary of Lesson 5 in IOP2602. It
includes the demarcated information included in the prescribed
textbook as well as the study guide. If you choose not to buy the
Comments textbook, this summary fills in all the parts you would otherwise miss.
These notes are very useful in studying for assignments and using
as core study material
Michael Leary (2020) Organisational Psychology Only study guide
for IOP2602 University of South Africa Pretoria. AND Robbins, S.P.,
Sources Judge, T.A., Odendaal, A., & Roodt, G. (2016). Organisational
behaviour: Global and Southern African perspectives (3rd edition).
Cape Town: Pearson
Group - two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have
come together to achieve particular objectives
Formal Group - a designated work group defined by an organization’s
structure
Informal Group - a group that is neither formally structured nor
organizationally determined
Lesson 5 - Foundations of group behavior and understanding work teams 1
, Stages of group development
Stage Characteristic
Forming Uncertainty about group’s purpose, structure and leadership
Storming Intragroup conflict and leadership control conflict
Norming Cooperation and a set of common expectations
Performing Productivity achieved, with the group fully functioning
Parting, accompanied by feelings of recognition and satisfaction, but some
Adjourning
group members get depressed owing to the loss of friendship
Lesson 5 - Foundations of group behavior and understanding work teams 2
group behavior and
understanding work teams
Class Organisational Psychology IOP2602
Reviewed
This is a comprehensive summary of Lesson 5 in IOP2602. It
includes the demarcated information included in the prescribed
textbook as well as the study guide. If you choose not to buy the
Comments textbook, this summary fills in all the parts you would otherwise miss.
These notes are very useful in studying for assignments and using
as core study material
Michael Leary (2020) Organisational Psychology Only study guide
for IOP2602 University of South Africa Pretoria. AND Robbins, S.P.,
Sources Judge, T.A., Odendaal, A., & Roodt, G. (2016). Organisational
behaviour: Global and Southern African perspectives (3rd edition).
Cape Town: Pearson
Group - two or more individuals, interacting and interdependent, who have
come together to achieve particular objectives
Formal Group - a designated work group defined by an organization’s
structure
Informal Group - a group that is neither formally structured nor
organizationally determined
Lesson 5 - Foundations of group behavior and understanding work teams 1
, Stages of group development
Stage Characteristic
Forming Uncertainty about group’s purpose, structure and leadership
Storming Intragroup conflict and leadership control conflict
Norming Cooperation and a set of common expectations
Performing Productivity achieved, with the group fully functioning
Parting, accompanied by feelings of recognition and satisfaction, but some
Adjourning
group members get depressed owing to the loss of friendship
Lesson 5 - Foundations of group behavior and understanding work teams 2
