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Communication In Everyday Life - Chapter 8
Small-Group Communication and Leadership
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
04/27/2013

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Common Purpose
Definition

A shared goal or purpose by a group
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Group
Definition
Is organized, aware of other members, and participate in group communication
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Tuckman's 5 Stages of Group Development
Definition

1. Forming - Looks to leader for tasks and procedures

2.  Storming - Focuses on goals while working out socioemotional conflicts

3.  Norming - Definition of group purpose, roles, procedures, and task solution

4.  Performing - Execution of tasks while minding feelings and roles in the group

5.  Adjourning - Reflection of achievements and dissolvement of group

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Fisher's Model of Group Progression
Definition

1.  Orientation - Getting to know each other and the problem / task

2.  Conflict - Discussions on how to solve the problem

3.  Emergence - The group moves toward an agreement

4.  Reinforcement - Uses consensus from emergence to complete the task

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Primary Groups
Definition
Consist of close, personal relationships
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Secondary Groups
Definition
Consist of casual, distant relationships
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Interdependence
Definition
Reliance on other group members to do their own job well
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Cohesiveness
Definition
Working in unison (team work)
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Group Norms
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Rules and procedures that govern the behavior of group members
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Group Sanctions
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Punishments for violating group norms
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Group Culture
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Expectations among group members
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Leadership
Definition
A process driven by the relationships among people in a group
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Formal Power
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The designated leader
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Informal Power
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Preffered leader based on relationships and communication
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Task Leader
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Stresses the tasks and keeps members on topic and defines accomplishments
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Socioemotional Leader
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Ensures the comfort and feelings of the group
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Promotive Communication
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Moves the group toward the agenda and keeps individuals on track
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Disruptive Communication
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Distracts the group from its goals  but may raise moral or lower tension
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Counteractive Communication
Definition
Moves a group back to promotive communication / on the right track
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