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Language and Business Communication (Paper 101)
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This blog is meant primarily as extra support for my undergraduate students.
However, anybody with any interest in language, communication and expression is welcome to join me here.
Recent Posts
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR GROUPS AND TEAMS
Groups involve people and sharing of ideas, so obviously, communication plays a major role in whether groups translate into successful teams or not.When I wrote about Tuckman's stages of group development, I also gave you an indication of the kind of...
ROLES IN GROUPS OR TEAMS
Dr Meredith Belbin, a British researcher and management theorist, studied team-work for many years.He defines a “team role” as “a tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way" and named nine such team role...
Bruce Tuckman\'s Stages of Group Development
In 1965, Bruce Tuckman, an educational psychologist, first described 4 stages of group development as Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. He did this after he had observed many small groups in various environments and concluded that all groups...
Groups and Teams
A group is formed when two or more people get together and interact with one another out of choice or necessity. These people accept certain rules or norms, rights and duties and give their consent to share responsibility in performing certain tasks ...
We Talk about Group Dynamics because…
Groups are dynamic—their roles keep changing from situation to situation just like personalitiesDepending on the task or topic, a natural leader may become a facilitator or a disinterested partyThe skill is to fit into the role you find yourself en...
Factors that Affect Group Cohesion…
The size of the Group (small groups are more likely to form teams because they will be more cohesive)Interdependence (groups that are more interdependent are more likely to become teams)Achievement of goals (groups may or may not institute goals, but...
