Title: Group Performance: Major Factors which Affects Group Performance
Headings: Group Performance: Major Factors which Affects Group Performance
Group Performance: Major Factors which Affects Group Performance
This article throws light on the two major factors which affects group performance in an organization, i.e, (1) External Conditions, and (2) Group Structure.
Introduction:
1. External conditions:
2. Group structure:
Some of the structural components are:
(i) Group Size:
(ii) Group Composition:
(iii) Group Status:
(iv) Group Norms:
According to D.C. Feldman:
From the above definitions, we can observe the following characteristics of group norms:
Types of Norms:
Yet there are some common classes of norms which are common to all groups:
1. Performance Norms:
2. Appearance Norms:
3. Arrangement Norms:
4. Allocation of Resources Norms:
5. Behaviour Norms:
How do Norms Develop?
Most norms develop in one of the following four ways:
1. Explicit Statements Made by a Group Member:
2. Critical Events in the Group’s History:
3. Primacy:
4. Past Experiences:
Why are ‘Norms’ Enforced?
To be specific, the reasons why norms are enforced are the following:
1. If it facilitates the group’s survival:
2. If it increases the predictability of group member’s behavior:
3. If it reduces embarrassing interpersonal problems:
4. If it allows members to express the central value of the group and clarify what is distinctive about the group’s identity:
5. If it reflects the preferences of the supervisor:
(v) Group Roles:
Role Requirements of the Members:
1. Role Identity:
2. Role Perception;
3. Role Expectations:
4. Role Enaction:
5. Role Conflict:
(vi) Conformity:
(vii) Group resources:
These resources may be categorized into two types:
(viii) Group Process:
(ix) Group Performance:

Content: A group is a part of large organisations. They are created by the organisation and as such they do not exist in isolation. A group has to rather work within the framework provided by the organisation. Every group is influenced by a number of external conditions imposed from outside it. These external conditions include: the organization’s strategy, its rules, regulations, its culture, physical work setting, employee selection process etc. 2. Group structure: ADVERTISEMENTS: A group comprises of a number of individuals and has a well defined structure.