9.10 MANAGER AND GROUP DYNAMICS
Small groups have existed since the time of the first human family. Only recently, however, have people started to study scientifically the processes by which small groups work. Some of the questions to be answered are: What is the role of a “leader” in a small group? Does the role vary with different objectives? Does a group have different kinds of leaders operating concurrently? In what ways and under what conditions are groups better than individuals? These questions still remain partly unanswered.
The social process by which people interact face to face in small groups is called group dynamics. The word “dynamics” comes from the Greek word meaning “force”; hence, “group dynamics” refers to the study of forces ...
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