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Archive for category Group Dynamics
How to Deal with Slackers
Mar 22
Ok first of all I’m going to tell you that I watch Celebrity Apprentice (don’t judge me!). Second of all I’m going to tell you that while the show is a farce there are many interesting groupdynamics that come up every week. Case in point, last week the teams had to build a showcase for [...]
I’ve been in a lot of meetings – some of them for work, some for volunteering and some for social purposes. I was at a meeting last night and while it was run well there were some things that came to mind about making meetings better and using technology to do so. There are a [...]
Conformity in Groups
Dec 30
This is a great video on the impact of conformity in groups. For anyone who has taken a few courses in Psychology this may be a review, but irregardless it’s very fascinating. Numerous studies have shown that people will try to conform to ‘group think’ especially when their opinion conflicts with everyone else’s. This is [...]
We’ve all run into people who are very intense and in your face all the time.If they’re just acquaintances we can choose to ignore them, but if we have to work closely with them it can be a nightmare. In the 1950’s Doctors Friedman and Rosenman created a theory of personality ‘types’. The types they [...]
We all know that group projects can be risky. There’s always the risk that someone won’t come through on some work they were expected to do. There’s also the risk that group members may act in a way that’s not conducive to getting your project done efficiently. In other words they may act like jerks [...]
When I was in school I never considered my group assignments as ‘projects’. Instead I looked at them as the same type of work I had done before, but now shared with other people. In fact I never really knew what project management was until after I graduated from business school. I realize now that [...]
Here’s an interesting result from a scientific study – self-control (or lack of it) is infectious! In other words, these studies found that when we affiliate ourselves with people who have a lot (or little) self-control it affects our life decisions. Maybe this isn’t so shocking after all since we know that group think is [...]
It was not a surprise to me to read this article from the PsyBlog which argues that people in groups tend not to make the best decisions because they don’t share information. From my experience in the money management world I know that people tend to tell you what you want to hear rather than [...]
Us versus Them syndrome
Nov 23
This is an interesting article out of Farnam Street Blog discussing how quickly people can identify with groups. In a study described below teenagers quickly identified with their own ‘groups’ and subsequently discriminated against other groups. Group dynamics seem to have a powerful effect on the human psyche, apparently causing people to do things they [...]
The Power of Groups
Oct 29
We often think that working in a group is at best an inconvenience and at worst a big impediment to our success. However, have you ever considered the possibility that a group can be more effective than working alone? If done properly, a well organized group can spark creativity, enhance IQ, bring more skills to [...]
The Rules that Govern Groups
Oct 28
This article discusses the issues that people face when working with others. I believe that group dynamics are more complex than people realize and this article addresses that. This article is courtesy of PsyBlog. Discover the essentials of group psychology. When we’re in a group other people have an incredibly powerful effect on us. Groups [...]
