Group Dynamics Perspective Analysis

As a group dynamics student at the University of Johannesburg, I have been presented with the opportunity to advise Pretoria High School for Girls in developing a hairstyle new hairstyle policy.Thus in the following essay, I will be analyzing from a group dynamics perspective the factors that need to be considered when creating such a policy. A policy that will be accepted by all parties involved.These factors include; the roles, norms, leadership and decision-making in high school. I will first describe and explain each concept and then relate it to the high school.

I am obligated to 1st determine whether or not a high school is a group or not. First and foremost for a high school to be deemed a group, it needs have the following characteristics

Leaders guide others in their pursuits they do this by directing, arranging and supporting their efforts. There are a variety of styles in leadership and they are as follows; transformational leadership, the leader works to increase the other members’ confidence, drive, self-esteem and performance by motivating them regularly. Transactional leadership this leadership style is sanction oriented meaning the leader believes in the rewarding or punishing of members based on the conformity or deviance to group norms. Autocratic leadership style refers to a style whereby the leader is very strict and holds complete control over the group. He/she is not bothered with the opinions and concerns of the other members. The Laissez Faire leadership style occurs when a leader has complete faith in his/her followers. The leader focuses only on the intellectual and rational aspects of the job. The Democratic/participative leadership style is when the followers a part and parcel of the decision-making meaning that their opinions and concerns are taken into account but ultimately the decision lies with the leader. The final leadership style is bureaucratic, the leader it does things by the book and is very strict in his/her dealings. The members are expected to be just as rule

The factors that play a role in effective decision-making in high school are; communication skills between the members of the high school and the leadership, poor attitude from both parties, sidetracking the main issue and interruptions such as leadership having important meetings to attend and learners having to attend class. There is also the effects of shared information bias. This occurs when members spend more than enough time discussing common knowledge instead of new discoveries. Cognitive limitations according to psychology groups and individuals make certain types of errors when making decisions these errors are called sins. There are sins of commission, For example, believe perseverance which is having faith in inaccurate information. Sins of a mission for example base rate bias, which is the failure notice general tendencies. Sins of imprecision for example availability heuristic occurs when no research is done instead only known the information is considered when making a decision. It is important to have effective decision-making skills because then the group will be far more