Assignment: Developing Group/Team Identity

Assignment: Developing Group/Team Identity

Assignment: Developing Group/Team Identity

Title: Week Four Forum Developing Group/Team Identity
Week Four Forum- Developing Group/Team Identity 100 pts.

Due Date: End of Week 4

Forum 4:

After reading our Lesson in the Lesson section and reviewing the team building information in this weeks material, our forum this week centers on:

Developing Group Identity

Although team climate develops from how people perceive the interrelationships among the group members, a strong coach or leader can help influence the effective functioning of the group. Furthermore, research has shown that strong social support provided by a group has positive benefits, including aiding in physical and mental recovery. This exercise will allow you to think of some ways that you, as a group leader, can help a group establish a strong sense of group identity.

Instructions

1. Imagine that you have just become the coach of a basketball team or that you are leading a group of clients in a cardiac rehabilitation program. You believe that things with the team or clients would go better if the group developed an identity.

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2. In your initial post, describe specific ways you would help a group form a sense of group identity.
Developing Group Identity
a. Ways to enhance social support
b. Ways to increase proximity
c. Ways to increase group distinctiveness
d. Ways to create a perception of fairness
e. Ways to increase similarity