Explain the nature and significances of informal groups.
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Organizational Behavior
Nature and Significances of Informal Groups in Organization
Informal groups are neither formally structures nor organizationally determined. It is based on personal interaction, sentiments and social activities. It has members with common objectives or similar need for social affiliation and friendship. It quickly adapts to environmental changes but resists to the change within the group. Some of the key points that explain the significance of informal groups in organization are explained briefly.
- Compensation for the low capacity manager’s ability: managers may not be capable in all the fields. In same, he may snag the ability. Especially, in planning and other decision making his snags (i.e. low capacity) can be compensated by his subordinates informally, if he has the goes relationship with informal group.
- Useful channel of communication: Communication through informal group is faster than formal. Any information through the channel of informal groups spreads quickly. Thus the informal group proves to be very useful channel for effective communication.
- Compel managers to plan and act cautiously: informal groups induce the managers to plan and act cautiously because of weak plan and action is always undermined by the groups.
- Provides sense of belongingness and security: informal group provides satisfaction and stability of work team to attain a sense of belongingness and security. A new employee will
remain an isolate until the group accepts him as a member he attains a sense of belongingness and security.
- Greater performance and supervision: Informal groups help get the jobs done or control performance. If the manager feels that his work team is co-operating him, he has less need for checking frequently and confidently delegate and decentralize work. The informal group supports leads to general supervision instead of close supervision, which enhances the productivity of the employees later on.
- Reduced frustration and allied employee: Informal groups are the safety value for the frustration and allied employee because if any employee feels irritated with his superior’s behavior, he can talk it to his group members and can dissipates his unpleasant feelings.
Bijay Satyal
Oct 31, 2021