Significance of group progress factors

Productive work groups are of strategic importance to modern organizations. The purpose of this paper is to briefly outline the significance of group process factors. These process factors cover areas such as group norms, group cohesiveness, and group development. The different group factors are all interrelated and have an effect on other group factors. A work group is a gathering of two or more people working together towards the achievement of a common goal. The process factors which influence the operation of groups can be instrumental to whether the group functions as a positive synergy or a negative synergy, and the effectiveness of the group as whole.

The first group process relates to group norms. Norms are a common occurrence in most aspects of society. Group norms are rules or standards of behaviour that are collectively shared by a group in order to develop a sense of uniformity among the membership of a group. Group norms illustrate a consensus of common values rela...