Reason for Group Formation - Organizational Behavior

 

There is no single reason why individuals join groups. Since most people belong to a number of groups, it is obvious that different groups offer different attractions and benefits to their members. The most popular reasons for joining a group is related to our needs for security, status, self-esteem, affiliation, power, identity, huddling and task functions.

 

1)     Security: the groups provides the members a sense of social security and strength of collectivity. Individually a man feels weak, helpless and exposed to several hazards. As a member of the group, he feels stronger and finds himself in a position to face hazards and problems more vigorously.

 

2)     Status: inclusion in a  group that is viewed as important by others provides recognition and status for its members.

 

3)     Self-esteem: groups can provide people with feelings of self-worth. That is, in addition to conveying status to those outside the group, membership can also give increased feelings of worth to the groups members themselves.

 

4)     Affiliation: groups can fulfill social needs. People enjoy the regular interaction that comes with group membership. For many people, these on-the job interactions are their primary source for fulfilling their needs for affiliation.

 

5)     Power: the group also provides power to the members by common consensus. Group members stand behind their group leader. The unity of the group members becomes a strong force. This force of unity can be utilized by the group leader or its members to fight their common interests ans problems.

 

6)     Goal achievement: there are times when it takes more than one person to accomplish a particular task-there is a need to pool talents, knowledge, or power in order to complete a job. In such instances, management will rely on the use of a formal group.

 

7)     Huddling:  one more reason why individuals want to join groups is for huddling. Because of the way bureaucracies work, individuals, particularly executives, make use of informal get-togethers called huddles. These are intimate task-oriented encounters of executives trying to get something done.

 

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