Psychology of management

 
Topic 7.Group forming within an organization and collective management 
1. Group forming. Group classification.Peculiarities of management in formal and non-formal 
group structures. 
2. The main characteristics of a collective, its forming and management. 
3. Group work effectiveness. 
 
References 
1. Manfred K. de Wry. The Leadership Mystique: A User's Manual for the Human Enterprise. — 
М.: “Alpina Publisher”, 2011. – p. 276. 
2. J.F. Quinn The Importance of Compassion and Vision in Physician Leadership – College of 
Business, University of South Florida, Polytechnic. – 2012. – 189 р. 
3. Linda M. Pittenger Engaging IT professionals: Does Vision matter? - Embry Riddle. – 2011 – 
205 р. 
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Group forming. Group classification. Peculiarities of management in formal and 
non-formal group structures. 
 
Groups play an ever greater role in organization’s development. Group behavior is an 
important part of organization behavior. 
A group is a union of two or more people uniting in order to achieve a concrete aim. 
The notion of a group is quite complicated and important, because groups and their work 
make a great impact on activity effectiveness of both an organization as a whole and a separate 
employee in particular. 
It is of utmost importance for a manager to know the peculiarities of group behavior and 
to be able to build up his/her politics in such a way that the group was constructive, and not 
destructive. 
To be able to manage groups effectively a manager should understand their nature, to 
evaluate the effect of their sizes, to know methods of groups’ formation, the ways of their 
development, ey roles in the group, and so on. 

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There is distinguished a number of parameters by which it is useful to classify groups. 
They include the size, a group’s nature of formation, and purpose.