Group Dynamics and Leadership

What Group Dynamics and Leadership covers

Group Dynamics and Leadership is examined in A2 Unit 3, Evaluating physical education. It covers the 6 Is and the formation of groups, task and social cohesion, group productivity, social loafing and the Ringelmann effect, leadership theories and styles and Chelladurai's multi-dimensional model and the Leadership Scale for Sports.

The 5 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• The 6 Is and the formation of groupsGroups and the 6 Is, interaction, interdependence, shared norms and goals, identity and mutual awareness, and Tuckman's forming, storming, norming and performing stages.Open →
• Task and social cohesionGroup cohesion, task and social cohesion, which matters more, interactive sports, the harm of high social cohesion, productivity, credit, praise and feedback, and strategies to build cohesion.Open →
• Group productivity, social loafing and the Ringelmann effectSteiner's model with potential productivity and faulty processes, coordination and motivational losses, the Ringelmann effect, social loafing and its causes, identifying contributions and giving specific roles.Open →
• Leadership theories and stylesEffective leaders, the great man theory and the social learning view, prescribed and emergent leaders, Fiedler's contingency theory, autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles, and whether leaders are born or made.Open →
• Chelladurai's multi-dimensional model and the Leadership Scale for SportsChelladurai's antecedents and required, actual and preferred behaviour, what happens when they match, member characteristics, and the Leadership Scale for Sports and its dimensions.Open →

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Commonly confused

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• Task cohesion vs Social cohesion

  Task cohesion: members working together to achieve a shared goal. Social cohesion: members liking each other and enjoying each other's company.

• Coordination losses vs Motivational losses

  Coordination losses: failures of timing and teamwork between members. Motivational losses: reductions in individual effort within a team.

• Prescribed leader vs Emergent leader

  Prescribed leader: a leader appointed from outside the team. Emergent leader: a leader who rises from within the team.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What is a group in sport?

   Model answer

   A group is two or more people who interact, share a common goal and see themselves as a unit. A crowd of individuals is not a group.

2. 2

   What are the 6 Is that describe a group?

   Model answer

   The 6 Is are interaction, interdependence, interpersonal relationships, identical norms and goals, identity and independence.

3. 3

   What is meant by interaction in a group?

   Model answer

   Interaction is group members communicating and working with each other. Players in a netball team pass, call and cover for one another.

4. 4

   What is meant by interdependence in a group?

   Model answer

   Interdependence means members rely on each other to succeed. A relay team depends on every runner and every changeover.

5. 5

   What is meant by a group sharing identical norms and goals?

   Model answer

   Members accept the same standards of behaviour and aim for the same targets. A squad agrees to train hard and to win promotion.

6. 6

   What is meant by group identity?

   Model answer

   Group identity is members seeing themselves as belonging to the group. Team kit, names and traditions build identity.

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What does Group Dynamics and Leadership cover in WJEC A-Level Physical Education?

5 subtopics: the 6 is and the formation of groups, task and social cohesion, group productivity, social loafing and the ringelmann effect, leadership theories and styles and chelladurai's multi-dimensional model and the leadership scale for sports. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Group Dynamics and Leadership organised?

By the WJEC 601-8485-1 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.