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Members and Leaders - Coggle Diagram
Members and Leaders
Leadership in small group communication
Myths about leadership
leaders are rare
leaders are born
leaders are charismatic
Approaches to leadership
Traits approach
functional approach
transformational approach
situational approach
Leadership styles
Telling style
Selling style
Participating style
delegating style
Functions and skills of leadership
organize
consider individual strengths and needs
activate the group agenda
promote group interaction
ask questions
summarize
set an agenda
focus your attention
Empower group members
raise persons self esteem
share skills
be constructively critical
encourage growth
Membership, Leadership and culture
individualism and collectivism
Leadership styles
Member roles
belief systems
Member roles
Group Task roles
Evaluator–critic Evaluates the
group’s decisions
Coordinator - Spells out
relationships among ideas
Energizer -Stimulates
Elaborator - Gives examples
Recorder -Writes down the group’s
activities
Opinion giver - Presents values and
opinions
Opinion seeker - Tries to discover
the values
Information giver - Presents facts
and opinions
Information seeker - Asks for facts
and opinions
Initiator–contributor Presents new
ideas
Orientor -Summarizes
Group building and maintenance roles
Encourager-supplies with positive reinforcement
Gatekeeper–expediter Keeps the
channels of communication open
Harmonizer - Mediates differences
Compromiser - Offers compromise
Group observer and commentator - Keeps a record of the proceedings
Follower - Goes along with the
members of the group.
individual roles
Aggressor - Expresses negative
evaluation of the actions
Blocker -Provides negative
feedback
Recognition seeker - Tries to focus
attention
Special interest pleader - Disregards the
goals of the group
Self-confessor -Expresses his or her
own feelings
Playboy/playgirl -Jokes around
Dominator - Tries to run the group
Help seeker -Expresses insecurity
Members in small group communication
Interaction process analysis
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NEGATIVE CONTIBUTIONS
shows tension
show antagonism;(whereas in attempted answers gives sugeestion
shows disagreements
ATTEMPTED ANSWERS
gives suggestions
gives opinions
gives information
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL POSITIVE CONTIBUTIONS
shows tension release
shows solidarity
shows agreements
QUESTIONS
Asks for suggestions
asks for opinions
asks for information
Member functions and skills
be critically open-minded
ensure understanding
center conflict on issue
beware of group-think
intolerance of differences of opinion
self-censorship
assumption of majority
assumption of unanimity
avoidance
gatekeeping
Illusion of invulnerability
peer pressure
Be group or team orientated