Audience.
Anyone who works within companies will benefit from this course on group dynamics skills.
Overview
The group dynamics training course focuses on enhancing teamwork, collaboration, and communication within groups or teams. Participants learn about group development stages, team roles, conflict resolution, and decision-making processes. Through interactive exercises and simulations, they practice effective communication, active listening, and constructive feedback. The course also addresses cultural diversity, leadership styles, and strategies for building trust and cohesion within diverse teams. Ultimately, participants gain valuable skills and insights to foster a positive group environment and maximize team performance.
Topics Covered.
- Introduction to group dynamics
• What are group dynamics?
• The different types of groups. - Performance factors within groups
• The main types of group performance factors, including norms, size, and composition.
• Group socialization (Investigation, Socialization, Maintenance, Resocialization, and Remembrance). - The seven characteristics of group cohesiveness
• Membership.
• Performance goals.
• Collaboration.
• Shared values.
• Identification.
• Interaction.
• Interdependency. - Group communication
• The different types of communication that are used within groups. - The five main stages of team development
• Exploring forming.
• Understanding storming.
• Looking at norming.
• Defining performing.
• Understanding the concept of adjourning. - Management team roles
• Belbin’s management team roles.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will:
• Understand group roles.
• Explore the phases of group socialization.
• Understand group cohesiveness.
• Understand the stages of group development.
• Examine several types of communication.
• Understand the difference between groups and teams.
