Groups and Teams Archives - Organizational Behavior

Competing Values Framework

Corporate Culture, Decision-making, Groups and Teams / By Geoff Fripp

Discover the transformative power of the “Competing Values Framework” (CVF) in understanding and shaping organizational culture.

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Impact of Leadership Styles on Team Performance

Groups and Teams, Leadership, Performance Systems / By Geoff Fripp

Leadership, in its varied forms, plays a profoundly critical role in driving team performance and business success.

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Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid

Corporate Culture, Groups and Teams, Job Design, Management, Performance Systems / By Geoff Fripp

The Managerial Grid, developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton in the 1960s, is a behavioral model that identifies different styles of leadership based on two dimensions: concern for people and concern for production.

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Schein’s Model of Organizational Culture

Corporate Culture, Groups and Teams, Leadership, Management, Perceptions / By Geoff Fripp

Schein’s Model emphasizes that organizational culture is not just a surface-level phenomenon but resides in every level of an organization. It consists of three interconnected layers: artifacts and behaviors, espoused values, and underlying assumptions.

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What is Leading by Example in the Workplace?

Change Management, Communication, Corporate Culture, Decision-making, Groups and Teams, Leadership, Management, Perceptions, Power and Politics / By Geoff Fripp

Leading by example is the practice of demonstrating desirable behaviors and qualities that align with an organization’s values and goals.

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What is Idealized Influence in Organizational Behavior

Communication, Corporate Culture, Creativity, Emotions, Groups and Teams, Leadership, Management, Motivation / By Geoff Fripp

Idealized influence is a leadership behavior where leaders serve as role models for their followers. They gain respect and admiration from their team members by exhibiting high moral and ethical standards, demonstrating a strong work ethic, and consistently acting in the best interests of the organization.

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What is Group Cohesiveness in Organizational Behavior?

Corporate Culture, Groups and Teams, Leadership, Personality and Values / By Geoff Fripp

Group cohesiveness refers to the extent to which members of a group are attracted to and stay united to achieve common goals.

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What is Groupthink and Groupshift?

Attitudes, Creativity, Decision-making, Emotions, Groups and Teams, Personality and Values / By Geoff Fripp

In businesses, groupshift refers to the tendency of a group to make more extreme decisions than an individual would make alone.

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What is a Cross-Functional Team?

Communication, Conflict, Decision-making, Groups and Teams, Job Design, Management / By Geoff Fripp

A cross-functional team consists of individuals from different departments or areas of expertise who come together to work on a specific project or goal.

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What is Experimental Behavior Analysis?

Change Management, Decision-making, Groups and Teams, Job Design, Management, Strategy, Training and Development / By Geoff Fripp

Experimental behavior analysis is a scientific method that studies and changes human behavior. It’s a part of behavior analysis in organizational behavior studies.

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