The pathology of Groupwork in Iranian organizations

Abstract

Groupwork” is a series of conscious, united and coordinated efforts of a team in order to achieve a common goal or goals and also synergy is its subsequent; the subject that always has been a social concern and a key issue in the country’s organizations. Hence, the main purpose of the present study is pathology of teamwork in organizations that used the three-branched model including behavioral, structural and environmental pathos for categorizing the pathos. The present study is quantitative regarding to data type, exploratory regarding to objective and practical regarding to result. Statistical community of the research consisted of personnel of an NGO that works in teamwork frames and its activities are performed in groups. Sampling method was random cluster one; the sample size was 384 persons with confidence level of 99% and research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. The results showed that pathos in the way of realization of teamwork consist of 48 indexes. Indexes of “lack of performance measuring system”, “lack of teamwork training”, “insufficient understanding of organization work environment”, “unresolved conflicts in group” and “not measurability of objectives” were recognized as the most important pathos and “lack of loyalty between group members and leader”, “formal and uncomfortable environment in group” and “lack of confidence between group members and leader” were recognized as the less important pathos. While there was no significant deference between the view of respondents to structural and environmental pathos with different ages, respondents under 30 years old emphasized on behavioral pathos of teamwork more than other respondents.

Keywords

• group
• team
• groupwork
• teamwork
• pathology
• the three dichotomy model of co-structure
• behavioral & context