This article throws light upon the eight important features of a group. 1. It consists of two or more persons who interact with each other. 2. Group members have reciprocal influence on each other. Each member influences and is influenced by others in the group. 3. In groups, people develop mutual perceptions and emotional ties with each other. They perceive [...]
This article throws light upon the top six functions performed by groups in order to improve organisational performance. The functions are: 1. Assignment of Roles 2. Group Norms and Conformity 3. Group Cohesiveness 4. Group Decision-Making 5. Group Communication 6. Informal Leadership. Function # 1. Assignment of Roles: Role refers to a set of expected behaviour patterns attributed to someone [...]
Project organisation can be designed in two forms: 1. Pure project organisation 2. Matrix organisation. The pure project organisation is suitable for small number of big-sized projects which have long time duration and, therefore, a separate division is created for each project for the life of the project. These divisions disappear once the project is accomplished. In a pure project [...]