Types Of Groups

Types Of Groups

1. Informal Groups

   • INTEREST GROUPS: They arise when workers meet to address a specific issue (a common goal). E.g. An equitable retirement plan. The interest groups disappear when reaching the objective.
   • FRIENDSHIPS GROUPS: They have their origin in common issues such as age, origin, hobbies, etc. They usually develop activities outside of work.
   • REFERENCE GROUPS: Is a group to which an individual or another group is compared, used by sociologists in reference to any group that is used by an individual as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior.
   • GROUPS DERIVED FROM WORK: They allow expressing the personal demands (of prestige, esteem, recognition, etc.) that the formal organization does not satisfy, exercise control over the behavior of its members and continually express and defend their own existence.

2. Formal groups

   • TAKS GROUPS: It is a temporary committee, wherein people belonging to different fields are grouped together for the performance of the task.
   • COMMAND GROUPS: It is represented in the organization chart as the group of subordinates reporting directly to a supervisor.
   • FUNCTIONAL GROUPS: They are created by the organization to accomplish specific goals within an unspecified time frame. Functional groups remain in existence after achievement of current goals and objectives.
   • WORK TEAMS: These teams are permanent and do the day-to-day work of the organization. When they are empowered to make decisions about the work developed, they are called self-administered teams.
   • HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS: They are composed of individuals with specialized expertise and complementary skills who are goal-oriented and hyper-focused on achieving clear, outstanding results.