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Professionals in Health Group Communication

Professionals in Health Group Communication. Group Communication. Types of Groups Formal Informal Examples?. Group Communication. Examples of Groups Support Hobby Professional Assn Study group Class Hospital dept Family Neighborhood Movie audience. Group Communication.

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Professionals in Health Group Communication

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  1. Professionals in HealthGroup Communication

  2. Group Communication • Types of Groups • Formal • Informal • Examples?

  3. Group Communication • Examples of Groups • Support • Hobby • Professional Assn • Study group • Class • Hospital dept • Family • Neighborhood • Movie audience

  4. Group Communication • Group Dynamics • Communication Patterns • Chain • Wheel • Star ( all channel )

  5. Group Communication • Characteristics of effective groups • Purpose • Commitment • Norms • Cohesiveness

  6. Group CommunicationGroup Functions • Task functions – move the group toward goal attainment • Initiating • Seeks info and clarifies • Summarizes • Consensus taking

  7. Group CommunicationGroup Functions • Maintenance functions – Ensures personal satisfaction of group members • Harmonizing • Gate-keeping • Encouraging • Compromising • All groups need both task and maintenance functions to be successful

  8. Group CommunicationGroup Functions • Non-functional group roles • Aggressor • Joker • Avoider • Self-confessor • Recognition seeker

  9. Effective group participation • Understand • the group’s goals • your role in the group • Actively participate by • being prepared for the discussion at hand • using your listening skills • share ideas using good communication techniques

  10. Murder Mystery Determine: • Murderer • Weapon • Time • Place • Motive

  11. Murder Mystery • Did your group have a formal leader? • Did you assign any roles within your group? • How did you share information • Did everyone contribute equally? • Did everyone contribute effectively? • What problems did the group have? • Could you see any non-functional roles?

  12. Conformity and Group-think • Conformity:changing your opinion in response to pressure from the group • Group think: unquestioning acceptance of the group’s beliefs and behaviors

  13. Brainstorming • What is it? • D • O • V • E

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