1. MSE602 ENGINEERING INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
ABOUT GROUPS

2. ABOUT GROUPS Characteristics of a Group Dimensions of Group Process
Group and Individual Decision Making
Socio-emotional Climate
Interaction Process Analysis
Traits of Effective Groups

3. DEFINING A GROUP Sufficiently small number of people
Mutually interdependent purpose
Belonging or membership
Oral interaction
Accepted norms and procedures of behavior

4. DIMENSIONS OF GROUP PROCESS
Social Dimension
relationships of group members
with each other
Task Dimension
relationship between group members and the work to be performed

5. QUALITIES OF GROUP DIMENSIONS
-COHESIVENESS
-Social Dimension
-PRODUCTIVITY
-Task Dimension

6. COHESIVENESS-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIP

7. ACHIEVING GROUP CONSENSUS
The Risky Shift
Efficiency and Speed
Decision Situations

8. Groups tend to gamble more than will their individual members
THE RISKY SHIFT
Groups tend to gamble more
than will their individual members

9. -Must establish a history -Short effective attention span
EFFICIENCY AND SPEED
-Abominably slow
-Must establish a history
-Short effective attention span

10. -Need a “socio-political” decision -Need a “better” decision
DECISION SITUATIONS
-Need a “socio-political” decision
-Need a “better” decision

11. SOCIOEMOTIONAL CLIMATE
Primary Tension
early stages of group development
Secondary Tension
disruptive periods in group routines

12. PATTERNS OF TENSION #1

13. PATTERNS OF TENSION #2

14. SUCCESSFUL TENSION MANAGEMENT
Confront
Social problems
Head-on

15. STAGES OF GROUP PROCESS
Orientation
Evaluation
Control

16. INTERACTION PROCESS ANALYSIS

17. TRAITS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS #1
Common goals
Leadership
Interaction and involvement of all members
Maintenance of individual self-esteem
Open communication
Power within the group to make decisions
Attention to both process and content
Mutual trust
Respect for differences
Constructive conflict resolution

18. TRAITS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS #2
Shared leadership roles
Individual and mutual accountability
Specific team purpose
Collective work products
Open-ended discussions and active problem-solving meetings
Performance measured by the assessment of the collective work products
Discussions, decisions and real work done together