Psychology of management

disagreements are openly expressed
, 
people’s strong and weak points come out to light, personal relations become significant, power 
struggle for leadership
and search for compromise between opposing parties begin. At this 
stage there may appear counteraction between an executive and some of the employees. 
At the third stage – the experimental stage
– the collective’s potential increases, but in 
often works in fits and starts, unrhythmically. That is why there appears desire to work better, 
with other means and methods. 
At the fourth stage in the collective there appears experience of successful solving of 
problems
to which they approach, on the one hand,realistically, and on the other hand – 
creatively. Depending on the situation, leadership functions in such a collective go from one 
person to another, each of them being proud to belong to it. 
At the last,
 the fifth stage, strong ties are formed in the collective.
People are accepted 
and estimated by their true worth, and personal disagreements between them are settled quickly. 
Relations are shaped mainly in informal way, which enables to demonstrate high work-results 
and behavior standards. It is far from all collectives that come to the topmost levels (the 4
th
and 
the 5
th
). 

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Relying on collective often enables to refuse from total control and develop more 
effective self-control, broaden the authorities limits in the course of people’s performing their 
duties, refuse from forceful problem-solving from atop when there is no real need in it. 
For managers the collective is the main support in his/her work. For a collective can 
always gain more than each of its members alone in total. Besides, people in a collective are 
usually less prone to stresses, but on the other hand they produce more ideas and solve large-
scale interdisciplinary problems better. In a collective there always appears a special spirit of 
competition which pulls up the lagging members and considerably increases general work-
efficiency. 
A collective can potentially achieve more than every its individual member in total. 
Despite of this, collectives often fail to involve even a small part of their potential. Usually it is 
observed that interaction in the collective is unviable, directed at defense, doesn’t bring 
satisfaction, is confused and ineffective. At the same time, collective work can open huge new 
possibilities. The collective was once called “the most powerful tool ever known to mankind”. 
Potentially, it is an incredible stimulus, the factor of support and inspiration. People can 
enjoy belonging to a collective, devote themselves to it, set high goals, establish a stimulating 
and creative environment. The ability of gaining complete disclosure of a collective’s creative 
potential testifies its manager’s high organizational skills.