Group Formation

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Chapter 3

• Group Formation

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COMM 240

• Group Formation - Overview
• Individual Needs Schutz
• Hidden Agendas
• Standard Agendas
• A Group Formation Process

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Hidden Agendas 6 Reasons

• Personal advancement
• A need for affection
• Desire to limit effectiveness or productivity
• Desire to use the group for personal, social, or
  professional therapy
• A need to demonstrate competence
• A need to exercise power

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Phases of Group Development

• Forming orientation testing and dependence
• Storming conflict unrest
• Norming emergence as a functioning unit
• Performing reinforcement integration and
  cooperation