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Types of Groups in an Organization
Groups play a vital role in formulating strategies
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The doctrine of groups is sweeping away the mindless routine of shop floors in corporate across
the country
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As a result factories are turning into group-based entities
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No longer is manufacturing best done by breaking a process down to its smallest repeatable
component, as the industrial revolution lay down
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Not are workers best employed as cogs in the giant manufacturing gear shift anymore; educated
and skilled, they can be vital resources in the value chain if properly managed
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And motivated are groups – exotically revolutionizing the work place today
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Modi Xerox was one of the first corporate to kick start the Group movement, setting up a six
continuous quality improvement groups
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Cadbury India set up small groups in its factories to enhance worker-involvement and ownership
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Impressed by a visit to the production facilities of Japanese manufacturing giant Toshiba and
Hitachi, Videocon International has instituted radical changes in its shop floor
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The most common and closest ancestors of the teams in the factory are Quality Circles
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It sponsored leadership courses and facilitator
courses as well as group relations programs to ensure that it was adequately prepared for form
teams
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“A group is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common
purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable!”Jon
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Katzenbach, Consultant Mckinsey & co

Functionally, group operates better by choosing internal coordinator
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More over successful group work in a closed-loop formation that allows them to meet their goal
quickly disband and reform as a new group to attain a new goal
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“The whole foundation of group work is based on inculcating a spirit of oneness irrespective of
organizational hierarchy”
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Quality improvement circles are segregated from small group activities in firms where both sorts
of teams exist
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In Philips, a small group was constituted to bring down the faults in soldering process from 1200
to 200
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“The essence of quality circles is that two heads are better than one”

So, formation of groups does have a telling effect on strategies, productivity, performance and
value of the firm
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While the natural first step is the creation
of problem solving teams, next is the deliberate organization of semi-autonomous work unit teams
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To be truly effective, groups must have boundaries
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For instance Volta’s
Constitutes groups to analyze malfunctions in its air-conditioners and to relay the data to the
production department
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Normally, the nature of the project dictates the composition of group
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Khandelwel, Modi Xerox put together a multifunctional team with representatives from
various departments and an external agency
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10 lakhs
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Top management must be responsive through feedback, training and recognition – to group efforts
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Managers must provide strong direction in the early stages of team building and slowly move to a
stage where they become mere members
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“The existence of a collaborative and positive relationship between workers and managers is
important for the success of quality circles” says CEO Irani, TISCO

Pitch forking group spirit in companies is the age-old lure of a free market profit
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At Titan, an eight member group was formed to improve productivity through work place redesign
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The net impact: cycle times at Titan came down by nearly 180% while the maximum production
rose from 1346 to 3773 watch components
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Not
surprisingly group formation cements industrial relationships
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So you begin by trying to address that, through
groups”-CEO PHILIPS

Hooked to the team bandwagon, firms find that there are intangible pay offs too
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“The most significant achievements have been the involvement and enthusiasm of frontline people
in resolving shop floor and field problems”- CEO Videocon

It is up to the management to formulate systems such that workers enjoy their jobs
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Their role changes to being a facilitator in the group environment helping teams
interact with other departments backing
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In future, firms are bound to follow the global trend of creating team based organizations
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These small groups will
give way to self managing teams as the barriers of organization structure break down
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Team Speak:
Team:
It is defined as a group of workers and managers with common purpose clearly defined goals, a
specific work approach, complimentary skills and responsible for results as a unit
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Quality Circle:
Fore runner of today’s team, it is now a permanent group that is deployed to tackle quality
problems
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Facilitator:
A person outside the team with special problem solving and inter personal skills, who helps it
attain its basic objectives
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Work Products:
Critical preparatory work, such as equipment purchases and budget proposals by the group that
precede a project

Marshmallow Manager:
Team leaders are those who use teams as an excuse to justify personal inactivity

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