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Course Code: CM 203/HRM 203
Title of Specific requirement/exercise: Assignment 3
Course Professor: DR. EVELYN ARO-ESQUEJO
Printah Nkala & Mbuyisa Barbara(2013)in their study identified that the
most popular types of informal groups among the selected schools. They found
out that 92% of the respondents indicated that interest groups are common in
most schools while 8% are friendship groups.It is also indicated in their study that
school heads agreed that overall school performance is heavily affected by
informal groups. 60% of the respondents strongly agree, 20% agree, 5% disagree
while the other 5% strongly disagree that informal groups affect the level of
employee performance.
Furthermore, their findings indicated that 60% of the respondents indicated
that informal groups negatively affect employee performance, while 35%
indicated that informal groups positively affect performance and 5% indicated
that informal groups have both negative and positive effects on employee
performance.
With such increasing number of studies and literatures on emphasizing the
impact of informal groups on individual behaviour and organizational
performance, it is really imperative for managers to give attention to the
dynamics of informal groups. Greenberg and Baron, (2003) argue that informal
groups cannot be established nor be destroyed by the organization but have a
strong influence on the organization. With this conclusion, management be careful
in the
Being part of the academe for four years now, I also adhere that
informal groups can really affect individual and organizational behaviour as well
as individual and organizational performance. I am part of informal groups in our
organization. As being describe by Helliegel and Slocam(2007) we join informal
groups for the satisfaction of our need for friendship, need for security and
protection, need to get advice, need to get support and need to communicate. To
be real, those are also the reason why I am part of informal groups right now.
Looking into our organizational chart which I attached also in this
assignment let me identify the informal groups that existing and still evolving.
There are interest groups who come together for the purpose of achieving some
common objective. There are groups who are interested with health and physical
fitness and activities. They are attending fun runs, gym sessions and biking
activities. There are group of young & junior faculties who going for lunch together
discussing ways to further their career and work issues. There are also groups of
men talking about cars, sports and manly topics. There are also groups of senior
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create a norm that is beneficial and acceptable to them. Informal groups can also
exercise undesirable power over individual members. A group may restrict the
ways by which social needs can be satisfied on the job. Informal groups may
ridicule certain members or give them silent treatment for not conforming to
group standards of acceptable behaviour. This treatment may threaten the
individuals safety, social and esteem needs.
Informal groups can also create confusion and inefficiency within the organisation
because of grapevine ignoring the formal channels of communication that is laid
down in the organizational structure. There will be a quick passing of information
throughout the organization and in some cases spreading of rumours which is
incorrect information that is not supported by substantial evidence.
In our organization, I cant sense that management is recognizing the influence of
the informal groups. They always rely on the formal structure of responsibility,
authority and accountability.
Informal groups in organizations cant be classified simply as positive or negative.
They may exhibit both characteristics from time to time, depending on the
circumstances or issues facing the organization. Therefore, leaders should try to
minimize the undesirable effects of informal groups rather than try to eliminate
them.
Informal groups always exist even for a very formal structure of organization. It is
inevitable. And in reality can have effects, I mean formal (real) effects on
individual and organizational behaviour as well as individual and organizational
behaviour. They can impose both positive and negative effects. But when manage
effectively the benefits will outweigh the drawbacks.
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