Individuals and groups

Leadership styles

Assumed: Regina- because of her status Negotiated: Mr duvall- written document Collaborative & Transformational: Miss norberry- positively resolves burn book conflict and gets girls to get along Laissez faire:reginas mum- tries to be friends with reginas friends

Causes

Incompatible goals- Grechin wants to start the trend of saying fetch but regina begs to differ, their goals of bringing in this new word result in a win-lose. Multiple role expectations- Janice and regina have a fight in middle school due to regina having to be Janice's best friend and Kyle's girlfriend, Regina failed to fulfill her role as being Janice's best friend which resulted in conflict. Varying values- conflict arises when cady has different morals to janice and does not want to spy on regina and steal the burn book. Miss Norberry is frustrated with Cady because she is failing maths on purpose to get guys to like her. Their varying values cause conflict between the two. Ineffective communication- Regina failed to tell Grechin in advance to the jingle bells performance that she was switching sides Limited resources- Regina can only fit into sweatpants as she gains weight, which makes her fail to comply with the group rules Individual differences- when janice finds out about cadys party, janice and realizes that cady is just like regina now and their personality traits are now completely different; cady is now belongs to the plastics clique and janice is still part of "the coolest people you will ever meet" clique.

Power bases

Mr. Duvall is a legitimate and expert power base as he was formally put there in a written document and has great skills and knowledge which controls the the school population Regina is a referent and a coercive power base as she is able to control her group and get them to do what she wants because of her social status and looks. Like when grechin is being hated on by regina, grechin still stays in the group because she's knows its better to be in the plastics hating life then not being in the plastics at all.

Types of groups

Primary and permanent- cady's parents will always be her parents, therefore being permanent and they are primary due to the cherished bonds Secondary- the school population Temporary and informal- the plastics are a temporary group as they lack group cohesiveness Formal- the school is a formal type of group because they have set guidelines and rules

Group decision making

Secret ballot voting was used to decide who the prom king and queen were Public majority voting was used to decide "who has ever been personally victimized by regina george" Mr duvall takes an Autocratic approach to the conflict of the burn book and orders all junior girls to report to the gymnasium immediately instead of asking for any group input he just makes the decision himself

Communication Networks

channel- used in the scene of the cliques sorting out their problems in the burn book organizational grapevine- school talking about cady pushing regina circle- cady to grechin to regina

Norms, conformity, cohesiveness Define and relate.

norms are the standards in which are put in place for people to abide to, conformity is the following of the set standards and cohesiveness is the respect, trust or bond that comes from correctly and positively abiding by these standards. norms- north shore school standards conformity & cohesiveness- cady conforming to the standards of the plastics and gaining their trust

Reasons for group formation

there are many reasons for group formation, groups are formed for individuals to feel a sense of belonging and contribution to society Locality/geography- North shore the school Gender- The plastics are a female only group Share interest- aaron samuels in a soccer team, or cady in mathletes Specific need- all girl meeting to sort out conflict of the burn book Social interaction- the prom Culture- the asian nerds group