* Director, MBA-Bangalore University, Dayananda Sagar College of Management & Information Technology
** Senior Lecturer, MBA-Bangalore University, Dayananda Sagar College of Management & Information Technology
Online published on 25 May, 2016.
This study deals with understanding, the various Group Dynamic factors that the Post-Graduate students such as MBA, MTech, MCA & Medical Electronics generally encounter with special reference to Dayananda Sagar Institutions (DSI). An effort has been made towards studying the different aspects pertaining to Group Dynamics such as Individual Roles played by the Group members, Openness & Confrontation, Cooperation & Conflict, Leadership, Interpersonal relations among the members and Communication patterns in the group during the execution of the projects which can be considered as Group Task. Through this study, it was intended to identify some of the major factors pertaining to Group Dynamics that plays a role in Post-Graduate Student Groups in DSI. Also to determine the factors which negatively and positively contribute towards accomplishment of Group Task and to identify PG students of which discipline most consistently work towards Group Task. Different Statistical tests were applied to the data collected from the student groups belonging to the above mentioned departments. A sample size of 200 students from MBA, MTech, MCA & Medical Electronics were surveyed and based on the responses the paper was developed. It was found that the students’ group dynamics in DSI mainly revolved around 7 factors i.e. “Poor Leadership”, “Group Reticence”, “Poor Interpersonal Relations”, “Disorganized group”, “Dysfunctional Group”, “Poor Confrontation” & “Group Thinking”.
However, the major significant factor that influenced the Group Dynamics of the students groups across DSI was “Poor Leadership” and this was the main hindrance for the groups to accomplish their group task. Apart from the “Poor Leadership” factor there were 3 other factors that were significantly associated with the accomplishment of the group task and team success, i.e. “Disorganized Group”, “Dysfunctional Group” & “Poor Confrontation” and this association proved to be a negative one (negative correlation) which implies that the presence of these 4 factors acted as hindrance to the accomplishment of the group task & team success.
