community and bush environments - seminar 8 - group behaviour and needs

HUMOV1003 Community and Bush Environments

Seminar eightGroup members

Peck’s stages of community

Pseudocommunity

Chaos

Emptiness

Community

Model of group development

The most well known is Tuckman and Jensen’s (1977) model:

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Mourning/adjourning

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Community is “That place where the person you least want to live with, always lives” and “When they move away, someone else

rises to take their place” !!!!

What role do you play in groups?

• Write down privately your perceptions of the role you generally play in groups

– Your strengths/weaknesses in relation to all group work

– How do you interact with the group?– How does the group interact with you?– Do you want to change anything about this?

Understanding Group Needs

Group Maintenance

Needs

Task NeedsIndividual

Needs

Individual Needs

Understanding individual needs and motivation to participate

Recognising basic needs (physical and security)

Recognising individual needs, individuals with problems

Recognising and encouraging talent and skills potential

Creating opportunities for exploring individual interests, training and development

Encouraging by praise, reward and support

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs

Task Needs

Defining the task Making a plan

Possessing competence in all skill areas

Ensuring necessary equipment is available

Giving information, teaching skills

Allocating work and resources

Controlling pace and maintaining standards

Checking performance against plans

Adjusting plans as necessary Winding up

Group Maintenance Needs

Planning group composition Encouraging participation

Maintaining discipline Facilitating communication

Building team spirit, cohesion and trust

Solving interpersonal differences

Relieving tension Building group morale

Training the group Coordination of group activities

Balancing task and group needs

Group member behaviours

• According to Trotzer (2006) there are five categories of group member behaviour …

– Resisting behaviours– Manipulating behaviours– Helping behaviours– Emotional behaviours– Sub-grouping behaviours

• Today’s message …– Before you respond/intervene .. Look beyond behaviour and

try to understand possible cause or contributing factors behind behaviour.

Let’s get creative...