Transcript Chapter 1 What is Small Group Interaction?

Presentation Prepared by:
Nader H. Chaaban, Ph.D.
Montgomery College Rockville,
Maryland
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
© 2012 McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved.
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WHAT IS SMALL GROUP INTERACTION?
A Definition
Empowerment
A Conceptual Orientation for Small Groups
General Systems Approach
General Systems Concepts
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A DEFINITION
Small group interaction
The process by which three or more members of a
group exchange verbal and nonverbal messages in
an attempt to influence one another.
Team
“A high performance task group whose members
are actively interdependent and share common
performance objectives” (Francis and Young).
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VIRTUAL TEAMS
Virtual teams can save organizations time
Virtual teams connecting us world-wide continue
to grow
Research has shown that online games can be
used to improve internal communication
Teams can perform a premortem which helps
teams identify risks at the outset
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A DEFINITION
Why Study Small Groups?
Organizations are utilizing human potential better
through the increased use of small groups.
Small groups can help you in college.
Working effectively in small groups can save time
and money.
Few leaders today can succeed without the help of
competent and committed team members.
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EMPOWERMENT
Empowerment
A leadership style that enables the leader to
utilize more effectively the
talents,
abilities, and
knowledge of others and,
at the same time, to increase his/her available
time to work on more strategic activities.
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EMPOWERMENT
Advantages of empowerment:
Greater productivity
Quicker response to problems
Improved quality of communication between
groups
Increased individual motivation
Improved overall organizational effectiveness
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EMPOWERMENT
According to Kirkman and Rosen (1999),
empowerment has four very closely related
dimensions:
Potency
Meaningfulness
Autonomy
Impact
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A CONCEPTUAL ORIENTATION FOR SMALL
GROUPS
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THE END
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