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Group Roles

Group Roles. Holly Claus Kirstyn Davies Andrew Papadopoulos John Pizzedaz Mariah Strong.

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Group Roles

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  1. Group Roles Holly Claus Kirstyn Davies Andrew Papadopoulos John Pizzedaz Mariah Strong

  2. Roles will develop as a situation occurs. They will not stay consistent throughout a situation but will be likely to change based on communication. Roles can develop more strongly or can become weaker based on the other members and roles that they play.

  3. WHAT HAT WILL YOU WEAR? Throughout life people wear different “hats” based on the situation that they are put into. Will a person only wear one hat in a given situation?

  4. FUNCTIONAL APPROACH • Social system that has specific goals of making a decision or solving a problem. • In order to reach goals one must perform the functions • Demonstrated by the communication behavior during group meetings.

  5. Role A repeatable pattern of communicative behaviors that group members come to expect from each other.

  6. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ROLE? When group members engage in communication to reduce uncertainty about the work the group is doing, they also evaluate the behaviors of other members. Steven Beebe & John Masterson (2003) • Statements that group members make and then send messages to other group members about who they are and what function they serve. Kenneth Benne & Paul Sheats (1948)

  7. PROPOSTIONS OF ROLES • Roles are learned behaviors • Assigned • Emerged • Self- Concept affects role behavior • Each member helps to establish an identity 3) Multiple roles are played simultaneously

  8. Role Strain Group requires members to assume a new role but they feel reluctant to do so.

  9. ROLE DEVELOPMENT Information Seeking Feedback Response given by the speaker Individual roles Evaluate role performance Motivation • How it is said • Who they say it to • Content of the information • How to gain the information

  10. Feedback • Negative • Positive • Ambiguous • Little information is given • Neither positive nor negative • Not enough clarification

  11. FORMAL ROLES • Specific positions • Assigned • Appointed • Elected • Keeping the group on task and moving toward the ultimate goal

  12. Leader • Move group towards goals • Convince the audience that group has achieved goal • External and internal influences • Most complex role

  13. Recorder • Take the minutes • Record actions of the group • Group Meetings • Important dates

  14. Critical Advisor • Challenges member’s ideas • Constructive criticism • Think through all the steps • Positive and negative solutions

  15. INFORMAL ROLES • Emerges through member interaction • More than 1 member can perform each role • There are 5 types of informal roles • Task Leader • Social- Emotional Leader • Information Provider • Central Negative • Tension Releaser • Follower

  16. Task Leader • Take charge attitude • Technical skills • Problem- solving abilities • Puts group members at ease

  17. Social- Emotional Leader • Mutual respect for all members • Support ideas • Building relationships • Maintaining member quality

  18. Information Provider • Synthesize information • Facts • Stats • Examples

  19. Central Negative Tension Releaser Light humor Smiles Eases tensions of the group • Challenges group decisions • Strong criticism • Unhappy with group work

  20. Follower • Goes along with the group • Doesn’t complain • Physically following the group

  21. DEVIANT ROLES • Destroy groups productivity and success because the communication focuses on the individual member rather than the group. • Aggressor- attacks members verbally and group tasks • Dominator- shows superiority Benne & Sheats (1948)

  22. ROLE FLEXIBILITY • The skills and abilities need to be processed to engage in a variety of group member roles. • Resist role rigidity • Group goals come before individual goals • Contribute to group task roles

  23. When Hiking Goes Wrong Our journey from day 1!

  24. Day 1 • Dr. Webber assigned each group a Leader (Holly) • Based on our self-evaluations we were placed into groups • Our first meeting day we created a group contract • Everyone read what they viewed themselves as • Everyone read what they wanted their experience to be like • Decided to make group decisions by voting • Kirstyn volunteered to take the minutes at our meetings

  25. Day 2 • Brainstorming Day • Everyone brought ideas of what we wanted to do our project on • We voted to make a video for our presentation • Everyone’s decisions were heard and evaluated throughout the group • We voted on the top three ideas to do our video on

  26. Day 3 • Planning was put into action • Holly wrote the script based on personalities she saw in the group and the evaluations that each group member had read. • Mariah had role strain when she saw that she was going to have to get into an argument with Andrew. • John was the member in the group that was very task oriented and Holly portrayed that in his character in the film

  27. Filming Day • Leader- Holly & Andrew • Recorder- Kirstyn • Critical Advisor- Andrew & John • Task Leader- Andrew • Social- Emotional Leader- Mariah & Kirstyn • Information Provider- John • Tension releaser- Mariah & Kirstyn • Dominator- Andrew • Aggressor- Kirstyn • Follower- Mariah

  28. References Myers, S.A., & Anderson, C.M. (2008). The fundamentals of small group communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

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