Social groups and organizations
Social groups inside organizations or institutions
Social groups are people with common values, beliefs, and other traits that emerge in organizations. Organizations are made up of individuals who are part of society and, therefore, are also part of social groups, whose structure is formed by interaction and other characteristics that unite them such as values and beliefs.
These groups have great influence on the organizations and are even able to control them.
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Characteristics of social groups
The social groups that are always seen in our daily lives form naturally, without a definite goal, people can do what they want within certain limits, they come together and interact because they want to, and leadership is natural, not imposed.
But when you want to achieve specific objectives, sometimes you have to formalize and regulate the behavior and acts of those who come together for such purposes and that is where the formal organization arises.
The informal organization
It is necessary to know that, although an organization is formal, there are also activities and interactions among its members that do not fully comply with the requirements, since man is a social, complex and thinking being. (1)
Man has his own personality, unlike a machine, and it is normal for him to develop informal relationships with his co-workers, such as friendships, and this is called informal organization, and these are the postulates of the Behavioral Management Theory, which sees man this way.
For example, when you want to create a manufacturing company, the dynamics among its members is formalized; however, social relationships, group values, and practices that are not strictly governed by formality will develop among them, and this is seen as something normal.
See more about the informal organization
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