Group Goals and Member Roles
Six Helpful Task Roles
Six Helpful Social Roles
Six Harmful Group Member Roles
100
a set of expectations associated with a particular responsibilities with in a society or group
What is a role?
100
This member of the group is skilled at asking others what they think about the task given
What is an Idea seeker?
100
This member will remind you to "lighten up" or will call for a time out when needed.
What is a stress reliever?
100
Member who takes on excessive amounts of work to satisfy personal needs, denying other member the opportunity to make their own contributions
What is Dominator
200
the result or achievement toward which efforts are directed
What is a goal?
200
This team member ensures the group will have a common understanding
What is the comprehension checker?
200
this member may use tactful private conversations with individuals to deal with interpersonal conflicts
What is a conflict mediator?
200
This person is happy for dominators to do all the work
What is free-rider?
300
member roles that enable a group to get a task done
What is a task role?
300
the "movers and shakers" within the team
What is a group motivator?
300
This member will ensure that other members don't feel as if their ideas and efforts are being ignored.
What is the participation encourager?
300
The most harmful group member role
What is the aggressor
400
the goal of building good relationships among group members
What is social goal?
400
this member is skilled at compiling the various ideas and decisions of the group into a brief and clear summary
What is the progress summarizer?
400
This member can defuse a potentially harmful situation if hostility is observed
What is the process observer?
400
This member believes that the group's plans will not work, or that the group work is a waste of time
What is the cynic?
500
to fulfill your task and social roles by skillfully taking the appropriate actions at the appropriate time.
What is the key to becoming a team player?
500
The most successful teams are teams in which all members are these types of members.
What is an idea sharer?
500
This member focuses on the emotions and moods of all members in the team and will foster positive feelings among all members.
What is communication facilitator?
500
Establishment of rules of conduct for the group by stating clearly the penalties for violating those rules and by enforcing the rules within the team
What are ways of reducing free-riders?
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