NURS1032 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Group Dynamics, Microsoft Powerpoint, Sept
Group dynamics sept 27
Reading: In Arnold & Boggs Ch.8 pp.136-144 and pp. 153-157 and table 8-5 and
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Why study this?
Working in groups will help us when working in a nursing/ healthcare team
What is a group?
3 or more people
Common goal
Each members behaviour affects the behaviour of the other members
Primary and secondary groups
Primary
Informal structure and social process
Membership is automatic or voluntary because of a common interests
Important part of a persons self concept
Secondary
Planned and time limited
Structure, leader and clear purpose
Clear start and end
Formed to meet personal goals, to develop skill or knowledge or may be required
by the larger system
Characteristics of groups
Purpose: provides direction
Goals: benchmark to achieve overall purpose, SMART acronym
Size
Member composition
Norms: universal- implied like confidentiality, attendance. Specific- discussed
with group
Role position: leader, advice giver, mediator
Dynamics
Process
Role function
Functional similarity
Selection group members with:
oComparable interests and emotional experiences
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Document Summary
Reading: in arnold & boggs ch. 8 pp. 136-144 and pp. Working in groups will help us when working in a nursing/ healthcare team. Each members behaviour affects the behaviour of the other members. Membership is automatic or voluntary because of a common interests. Formed to meet personal goals, to develop skill or knowledge or may be required by the larger system. Goals: benchmark to achieve overall purpose, smart acronym. Selection group members with: comparable interests and emotional experiences, complementary knowledge, similar intellectual ability. Tasks: initiating, seeking information, giving information, clarifying, summarizing, census taking. Maintenance: harmonizing, gatekeeping, encouraging, compromising, setting standards. Attributes of effective leaders: self-awareness, good listeners, adaptable, commitment to group purpose, use mistakes as learning opportunity. Many types of leadership styles: authoritarian, democratic- input from everyone, laissez-faire- don"t give input or structure, Interprofessional team models are teams comprising various healthcare disciplines working together towards common goals to meet the needs of a patient population.
