WK9 - team coordination and team performance

Question 1

Define Group

Answer 1

two or more people in direct interaction with each other, who are aware of their +ve interdependence in achieving their goals, who are aware of their membership in the group, and who consciously perceive the other persons belonging to the group

Question 2

What is the criteria of a “group”?

Answer 2

1. at least two persons who also consider themselves as members of that group
2. group members interact with each other directly
3. interaction structured by roles and group norms
4. members dependent on each other
5. members influence each other
6. members come together to achieve goal
7. members are motivated to be part of group to satisfy need

Question 3

List the 4 types of group tasks.

Answer 3

1. additive/compensatory
2. disjunctive
3. conjunctive (not dividable)
4. conjunctive (dividable)

Question 4

Define additive/compensatory group tasks.

Answer 4

Individual performance of all members added up

additive = sum as criterion (relays)
Compensatory = sum score divided by team members for avg score

Question 5

Define disjunctive group tasks.

Answer 5

members act co-actively to enable strongest group member to perform at their best

Question 6

Define conjunctive (not dividable) group tasks.

Answer 6

members interact with each other and have same task (e.g. rowing eight)

Result in joint group performance cannot be traced back to performance of individuals and is limited by the worst group member

Question 7

Define conjunctive (dividable) group tasks.

Answer 7

members interact with each other, but there are different tasks for individual members (handball). Group performance cannot be traced back completely to performance of individuals

Question 8

WHat is the Small Group Development 1965 by Tuckman?

Answer 8

“Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing” - described path that teams follow on way to high performance

Question 9

Refer to slides on frameworks and models in wk9 workshop slides.

Question 10

Define Kohler effect.

Answer 10

Increase in motivation and effort of weakest member of group in collective performance situation compared to individual task

Question 11

What is the performance effect in groups?

Answer 11

Ringelmann-Effect
* individual performance decreases in groups
* lack of coordination

Social loafing
* belief that own performance can be substituted
* lack of motivation

Question 12

How to prevent social loafing in sport?

Answer 12

• increase identifiability of individual performance when possible
• establish individual goals
• increase personal importance
• increase identification with team and group cohesion
• work in small groups to increase visibility
• clarify role expectations in team
• communicate and justify decisions and establish same rules
  work in task-oriented climate
• be aware of those of ego orientation/narcissm

Question 13

What are home advantage and disadvantage factors?

Answer 13

• travel time
• influence of spectators and referees
• familiarity with venue
• tactics/strategies of coaches

Strongest perceived impact:
Spectators -> support vs pressure

Question 14

refer to slide 27 of wk9 workshop

Question 15

Define collective team collapse

Answer 15

Sudden, collective, and extreme underperformance of team within competition - triggered by critical situations interferring with team’s interplay, loss of control of game nad inabiliyt of team to regain previous performance level within game

Question 16

Review from emotion regulation and team collapse until regulating teams.