Leadership in Business

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Leadership in Business
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1. What are group dynamics and why they matter for your team?
Group dynamics is a behavioural system and a psychological process that usually take
place within a social group or within the teams in a business environment. This essentially
refers to two or more people involved in an interaction process. These individuals are
characterised with having a common goal and a common identity, and all are abided by and
account to the collective norms (Levi, 2015). It is viewed as one of the essential component
in order for the achievement of success in management or business.
For the purpose of team making and assuring its proper function, group dynamic is
important. The interaction process involved in the system can influence the performance of
the group. It provides job satisfaction and brings out the effect of synergy that doubles the
output (Hovmand, 2014).
2. As a leader, you need to guide the development of your group. Referring to the Team
Development Model by Dr Tuckerman, outline three aspects of group dynamics that
can have a negative effect on team performance.
Dr Bruce Tuckerman had presented Team Development Model for thee group
dynamic that is usually followed by the business houses. It is a four step process that
entails Forming, Norming, Storming, and Performing. The first three steps of the model
are the important ones. The forming refers to the formation of the team, where the leaders
is given the pivotal role, as all the roles and responsibilities are associated with him or her
and the roles and responsibilities of the employees are unclear and undecided. Storming
refers to the process of interaction within the group, where the members of the team are to
keep their personal opinion and their perceptions (Fransen, Weinberger & Kirschner,
2013). Lastly, the Norming process is the one where the members agree upon a single

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point and the role and responsibilities of each of the member are assigned. These three
aspects influence upon the performance of the team as a whole (Turaga, 2013).
3. Explain strategies that can be used to support team participation?
The leaders of an organization must recognise the essentiality of team participation
and therefore, must incorporate certain strategies that will enable them to increase the
team participation. The effective strategies include,
 Being direct, the leaders must be asking for the participation directly, in an active
way stating the need and expectations form the members.
 The leaders must employ certain ground rules to increase and govern the team
participation among the team, and must ensure that all the ideas are encouraged
and respected (Hays, 2014).
 The leaders must push and encourage the team members for their active
participation in the process at the very start of any project.
 Lastly, the most important thing is that the leaders must acknowledge the team
members for their active participation and contribution (Dyer & Dyer, 2013).
4. State three ways that you could support your team to reach their performance
requirements in work.
To reach or achieve the required performance or to produce thee optimum performance, it
is essential for the team members to follow a certain strategy. Therefore, the three
necessary strategies to meet the requirements are,
Making priority measure, that is, the leaders and the members of the team must determine
the most essential measures. A project entails many steps and conducts, but among them
the leaders and the team members must recognise the essential steps (Lucas- Simarro et
al., 2013).