[Solution] Groups and Teams in Organizations

Types of Groups

• Functional groups: Formal departments
• Task groups: Temporary teams for specific objectives
• Informal groups: Employee-initiated groups

When employees form a group on their own initiative, outside the organization's structure, this is an  .

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Groups formed by employees to pursue common interests are informal groups. Despite unofficial status, they can be powerful sources of social cohesion and communication.

Match each activity with its development stage:

Getting to know each other - 

Disagreeing with each other - 

Feeling unity for the first time - 

Accepting and performing roles - 

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Groups develop through forming (getting acquainted), storming (disagreement), norming (unity), and performing (role acceptance and execution).