Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Group Success
- Those social aggegates that involve mutual awareness and the potential for interaction (share a common goal)
- Stages of group formation
- Forming
- Development of relationships within the group
- Storming
- Conflict as individuals attempt to establish their position within group
- Norming
- Structure has been established, group gains stabiltiy and starts to become cohesive
- Performing
- All performers working together for the common goal
- Cohesion
- The extent to which a group works together to achieve a common goal
- Task Cohesion
- Interaction of group members and their effectiveness in working together to achieve a common goal
- Social cohesion
- Interaction of individuals and how well they relate to each other
- Carron's antecedents
- Environmental/Situational factors
- e.g. size of group, time available, training facilities
- Member characteristics
- e.g. ability, motivation, satisfaction
- Leadership style
- involvement of individuals in decision-making and expectations on group
- Team elements
- e.g. desire of team to succeed, nature of shared experiences
- Strategies to develop effective group cohesion
- Creating a group identity e.g. clothing or motto
- Identifying Social Loafers
- Individual who attempts to 'hide' when placed in a group situation and does not perform to his or her potential
- Strategies to minimise the effects of social loafing
- Giving the player specific responsibility
- Varying practice to maintain motivation
- Developing social cohesion and peer support
- Set challenging but realistic targets
- Developing fitness levels
- Encouraging peer support
- Avoiding social cliques
- Explanation of roles and expectations within group
- Practice and training drills
- Developing social cohesion away from sport
- Ringelmann effect
- As the size of the group increases, the performance levels of each individual drops
- Steiner's model of productivity
- Actual productivity=Potential productivity-Losses due to faulty processes