Professional dance companies which reflect a Christian worldview are slowly emerging within the dance community, but this is territory which is generally uncharted academically, especially in Australia. Consequently, this paper is an ethnographic study of an Australian professional dance company of this kind. ask dance theatre is a professional dance company located in Sydney. Established in February 1999, it has three key personnel - Phillippa-Oakden Patch (artistic director/ choreographer/dancer), Hannah Horsley Cooper (choreographer/dancer) and Steve Cooper (composer/musician). Developing a philosophy based on a biblical worldview, one of the company's aims is to provide a &quotnurturing environment for artists of different disciplines to grow artistically and spiritually while creating dance theatre works". This has involved working collaboratively, incorporating dancers, singers, musicians, visual artists and actors, to create original works which have been performed at major contemporary dance and Christian arts events in New South Wales, Australia. Through the ethnographic methods of participant observation, interviewing and document analysis, details of this company's worldview as a group of &quotcommitted Christians" and their creative process was researched. This paper focuses on the description, analysis and interpretation of their creative process in the production of a new work during the first six months of 2001, identifying how their Christian worldview is reflected in their creative process.

This research explored the systems psycho-dynamics or group dynamics manifesting in meetings of a self-managed group within a bank. It also investigated the influence of these dynamics on the group's intra- and intergroup relationships.. The literature review explored the dynamics manifesting in groups in general, and reviewed relevant research that has been conducted. A qualitative study explored how these dynamics are manifesting in this group and how they are influencing the intra- and intergroup relationships. The results indicate that there are complex system psycho-dynamics manifesting in this self-managed group. They are influencing its intra- and intergroup relationships and rendering the group less effective in terms of its achieving its primary task. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / MA (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

The teambuilding event refers to the structured attempt to improve or develop the effectiveness of a group of people who work together. It is a method used to improve productivity by getting subordinates to work together. It helps to generate teamwork so it enhances lateral and vertical communication where participants develop a sense of interpersonal trust and support. Group dynamics refer to the cause-and-result relationship which exists in a group and the study of its development. This research aims to interpret the group dynamics of a structured teambuilding event. A sample of 40 cabin controllers of a South African airline was used, who were divided in four separate groups. The teambuilding event was requested by the airline and participants were aged between 21-60 years old. The results of this introductory case study indicated that group dynamics can successfully be interpreted in a teambuilding event. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)

The thesis deals with the impact of teambuilding on the social climate in organization. The theoretical part describes the climate in the workplace, corporate culture, teamwork and clarifies the concept of teambuilding, including its principles and forms. The practical part consists of the presentation of the research results concerning the effects of a teambuilding course organized for the employees of Essox s.r.o. Based on the theoretical analysis, the diploma thesis states that teambuilding affects the social climate in the organization, and it is one of the means how to improve its social climate. The research revealed that the Essox teambuilding had a positive impact on the social climate in the area of interpersonal relationships, but did not impact on building teams and teamwork.

The continuous interest in the social network area contributes to the fast development of this field. New possibilities of obtaining and storing data allows for more and more deeper analysis of the network in general, as well as groups and individuals within it. Especially interesting is studying the dynamics of changes in social groups over time. Having such knowledge ones may attempt to predict the future of the group, and then manage it properly in order to achieve presumed goals. Such ability would be a powerful tool in the hands of human resource managers, personnel recruitment, marketing, etc. The thesis presents a new method for exploring the evolution of social groups, called Group Evolution Discovery (GED). Next, the results of its use are provided together with comparison to two other algorithms in terms of accuracy, execution time, flexibility and ease of implementation. Moreover, the method was evaluated with various measures of user importance within a group. Obtained results suggest that GED is the best method for analyzing social group dynamics.

The aim of this study was to explore, from a group dynamics perspective, the adult learners' experiences in a learnership program structured to include employed and unemployed learners. A secondary aim was to develop guidelines for practitioners regarding the implementation of learnerships that are structured to include employed and unemployed learners, taking into account the group dynamics at play. The case study played out within a pharmaceutical distribution company within South Africa. A qualitative, constructivist grounded theory method was used to analyse the data that were collected by means of questionnaires and focus groups. The data collected were transcribed and uploaded into Atlas.ti, which is a visual qualitative data analysis and theorybuilding software program that contributes to the management of qualitative data. It was used to complete a rigorous inductive-abductive analysis. The final code list contained 277 codes linked to 29 code families which in turn were linked to 8 super families. These super families were described and the experiences of the learners were then interpreted by means of a number of group dynamics theories and adult learning theories that were discussed in the preceding literature chapters. In the case study the exploration of the learners' experience indicated that certain group dynamics were not taken into consideration and this led to an emotionally burdened experience. If one considers the adult learning theory, these experiences could influence the learning effectiveness. The implementation of a learnership program taking the group dynamics into consideration prior to implementation thereof, could contribute towards a more successful learnership. Guidelines were given based on the conclusions of the research for example: <ul> <li> Ensure that all the relevant parties including management, supervisors, employed learners, unemployed learners, employed staff, SETA etc. strive towards the same goal right from the start.</li> <li> Integrate the employed and unemployed learners' rights from the start so that the unemployed learners are accepted as part of the system.</li> <li> Make it very clear to the employed staff that the unemployed learners are not a threat to their employment within the company as the unemployed learners have not been given a commitment that they will be employed after the learnership.</li> <li> Make sure that the training facilitators are well trained and equipped to deal with the group dynamics that can develop in the classroom environment so that they can contribute to the containment of emotions and to alert the company of the events.</li> <li> Ensure that change agents are available to monitor and manage these group dynamics.</li> <li> Explain the differences and similarities that might exist between the groups and assist the groups to realise their mutually dependent relationship.</li> </ul> The guidelines obtained from this study can be used to stimulate the thinking process when planning and managing the implementation of a learnership program in order to be aware of consequential implications that group dynamics can have on the successful implementation of such a learning program. The conclusions and guidelines will be useful to human resources practitioners, training providers and line managers that are planning to implement similar learnership programs. AFRIKAANS: Die doel van die studie was om volwasse leerders betrokke by ‘n leerlingskapprogram wat gestruktureer is om bestaande werkers en werklose leerders in te sluit, se ervaring vanuit ‘n groepdinamika perspektief te ondersoek. ‘n Sekondêre doelwit was om riglyne te ontwikkel vir mense in die praktyk met betrekking tot die implementering van ‘n leerlingskapprogram vir volwasse leerders bestaande uit werklose leerders en leerders in diens van ‘n bepaalde maatskappy, met in agneming van die groepdinamika daarby betrokke. Die gevallestudie het plaasgevind binne ‘n farmaseutiese verspreidingsmaatskappy in Suid-Afrika. ‘n Kwalitatiewe, konstruktiwistiese metode is gebruik om die data te analiseer wat deur vraelyste en fokusgroepe versamel is. Die data is getranskribeer en ingelees in Atlas.ti, wat ‘n visuele kwalitatiewe data-analise en teoretiese gebaseerde sagtewareprogram is wat bydra tot die bestuur van kwalitatiewe data. Hierdie program is gebruik om ‘n indringende gebaseerde teorieanalise te doen. Die finale kodelys bestaan uit 277 kodes gekoppel aan 29 kode families wat weer op hul beurt gekoppel is aan 8 hooffamilies. Hierdie hooffamilies is beskryf en die navorsingsgebeure van die studie is by wyse van groepdinamikateorieë en volwasseleerteorieë (wat in die vorige literatuur hoofstukke van die studie bespreek is) geïnterpreteer. In hierdie gevallestudie het die interpretasie van die ervarings van die leerders wat ondersoek is, daarop gewys dat sekere groepdinamika nie oorweeg is nie en dat dit gelei het tot ‘n emosionele stresvolle ervaring. Volwasseleerteorie dui aan dat hierdie ervarings die leereffektiwiteit kon beïnvloed het. Die implementering van ‘n leerlingskap program waar die groepdinamika in ag geneem word voor die implementering kan bydra tot die sukses van soortgelyke leerlingskapprogramme. Die riglyne wat deur hierdie studie verkry is, kan gebruik word om die denkproses te stimuleer tydens die beplanning en die bestuur van die implementering van soortgelyke leerlingskapprogramme. Dit sal veroorsaak dat die betrokke persone bewus is van die invloed van groepdinamika kan hê met betrekking tot die suksesvolle implementering van ‘n leerlingskap program. Die navorsingsinligting wat ingewin is, sal bruikbaar wees vir menslike hulpbronne praktisyne, opleidingsvoorsieners en lynbestuurders wat beplan om ‘n soortgelyke leerlingskapprogram te implementeer. Copyright 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Ward, ME 2010, A group dynamics perspective of the experiences of adult learners taking part in a learnership program, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02152012-114353 / > C12/4/124/gm / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Human Resource Management / unrestricted

When an individual goes from employee to leader, they are forced to go through a role-formation process. The first-time leader faces new challenges from both employees and organizations that he or she must deal with. The first-time leader may either need to create a new relationship with the employees or already have a relationship which changes during role formation. The aim is to highlight, through interviews with seven first-time leaders in Sweden, the factors that are relevant to role formation and the challenges the leader faces.The empirical material is analyzed through Pierre Bourdieu's sociological theory and Hersey och Blanchard's leadership theory. The concepts of Symbolic Perspective and Role Exit are also central to the study. The results show that experiences, culture and values are factors that can influence individuals in the formation of a new role. It also shows that the leadership style is both shaped by role formation but also helps to create the role. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the first-time leader needs selfawareness to identify development opportunities and meet the requirements and expectations that exist.

Grupparbete är en vanlig arbetsform i ämnet idrott och hälsa. Trots det råder begränsad förståelse bland lärare kring vad gruppdynamik är och hur det kan appliceras i undervisningen. Med denna problematik som bakgrund är syftet med denna kunskapsöversikt att redogöra för hur grupparbete kan påverka gruppdynamiken. Vi kommer att utgå efter följande frågeställningar: 1. Hur kan idrottsläraren arbeta med grupparbete för att påverka gruppdynamiken? 2. Vilka positiva och negativa effekter har grupparbete på gruppdynamik inom ämnet idrott och hälsa?För att kunna redogöra för syftet och för att få svar på frågeställningarna har metoden litteraturstudie använts. Resultatet indikerar att det finns en koppling mellan gruppdynamik och grupparbete. Aspekterna (1) samarbete, (2) gruppsammansättning och (3) ömsesidigt beroende har en stark påverkan på gruppens dynamik. Dessa tre aspekter visar sig också ha en inverkan på grupparbetets effektivitet, och då idrottsläraren ser till att grupperna inom grupparbetet uppfyller dessa aspekter finns det en möjlighet att gruppdynamiken stärks och att elevernas lärande stimuleras. Ett sätt för idrottsläraren att kunna nå denna framgång är att fördela grupperna heterogent (en grupp med olika förmågor och ambitioner), eleverna inom grupperna ska ha ett positivt ömsesidigt beroende och grupperna ska arbeta utifrån ett kollaborativt lärande. Om tillämpningarna av dessa aspekter får ett positivt utfall kan det i sin tur leda till att eleverna kan samarbeta utanför undervisningen på ett stimulerande sätt. Kort sagt är det väsentligt att idrottsläraren har kunskap om gruppdynamik och dess processer samt hur det kan appliceras i undervisningen vid användning av grupparbete. Har idrottsläraren inte den kunskapen och sätter ihop elever med olika ambitioner i samma grupper kan resultatet av grupparbete bli negativt och därefter påverka gruppdynamiken och elevernas lärande negativt.

The coronavirus was declared a health emergency in 2020, which led to many employers let their employees work from home to decrease the virus. After the restrictions regarding working from home were removed, some people continued to work from home for a few days a week and spent the other days at the office, which is today called the hybrid solution. As the hybridly way of working is relatively new, there is a lack of research on how the employees perceive the mix of working from the office and home. In order to recruit and retain employees, it can be essential to know if the hybrid solution is perceived as an advantage or disadvantage. Therefore, this thesis explains how the employees perceive the hybrid solution, with the perspective of how it affects their motivation, well-being, and group dynamics. The study is going to answer the research question: If offering a hybrid solution to work is attractive to prospective employees, how does the opportunity to work hybridly affect their motivation, well-being and group dynamics and consequently organizational retention? Based on that, the theoretical framework has come into existence that connects the different themes: of motivation, social identity theory, and talent management into the research. It is a qualitative study with ten semi-structured interviews. The respondents have answered how they perceive the hybrid solution and its effects from their perspective. After the execution of the interviews, we analyzed the material and connected it to previous studies and the theoretical framework. In the analysis, we focus on the outcome of our interviews connected to concepts such as social identity theory, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the equity model, extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and talent management strategy.The findings are that the employees find the hybrid solution as an advantage but that it is not required for them in order to be motivated and feel satisfied with their employers. Employees working remotely today would feel dissatisfied if the opportunity were taken away. Moreover, from the social perspective, work groups must often meet to have great work dynamics.

Studien belyser gymnasieelevers upplevelser och erfarenheter av grupparbete och beskriver ur ett fenomenologiskt perspektiv hur gymnasieelever ser möjligheter och utmaningar med grupparbete som undervisningsmetod samt hur deras erfarenheter av grupparbete kan bidra till lärares planering och genomförande av grupparbeten i undervisningen. Grupparbete är ett rikt beforskat område och som ofta får ett didaktiskt fokus. Denna studie vill ge utrymme för gymnasieelevers tankar om grupparbete då deras röst är underrepresenterad i tidigare forskning om grupparbete. I kvalitativa intervjuer berättar sjutton elever från gymnasiets teoretiska program om hur de uppfattar grupparbete. I en tolkande, induktiv och tematisk analys framträder gymnasieelevers syn på gruppindelning, gruppsammansättning samt gruppens arbetsfördelning och arbetssätt. Studien söker teoretiskt stöd i kooperativa och kollaborativa lärteorier samt Lewins fältteori om grupper. Resultaten visar att aktiva och ansvarstagande gruppmedlemmar ger ett positiv ömsesidigt beroende medan en ojämn arbetsfördelning och olika ambitionsnivåer ger ett negativt ömsesidigt beroende i grupparbeten. Vidare bör gruppindelningen vara genomtänkt för att gruppsammansättningen ska accepteras av eleverna. Resultaten synliggör att gruppstyrning och ansvar för att motivera andra gruppkamrater ofta faller på eleverna utan att föregås av träning i gruppdynamik eller organisering. Förvånansvärt ofta framträder en bild av grupparbete som en samling uppdelade individuella uppgifter, vilket eleverna inte anser vara grupparbete. Eleverna berättar att grupparbete bidragit positivt till personlig utveckling och att lärdomarna kan användas både i och utanför skolan samt i kommande arbetsliv och studier. Eleverna uttrycker en önskan om mer återkoppling på och reflektion över gruppdynamiken i grupparbetet. För framtida forskning kan det vara intressant att kartlägga hur lärare arbetar systematiskt med utvärdering av samarbete i grupparbeten samt undersöka effekter av proaktiv samarbetsträning i samband med grupparbete. / The study sheds light on upper secondary school students' experiences of group work and describes from a phenomenological perspective how they perceive opportunities and challenges with group work as a teaching method and how their experiences of group work can contribute to teachers' planning and use of group work. Group work is a richly researched area, largely focused on the didactic aspect. This study wants to provide space for upper secondary school students' thoughts about group work in school as their voices are underrepresented in previous research on group work. In qualitative interviews, seventeen students from the upper secondary school's theoretical program talk about how they perceive group work. In an interpretive, inductive and thematic analysis, the students' views on group division, group composition and the group's division of work and working methods emerge. The theoretical framework consists of cooperative and collaborative learning theories as well as Lewin's field theory. The results show that active and responsible group members work in positive interdependence, while uneven division of labour and different levels of ambition lead to negative interdependence in group work. Furthermore, the group composition should be well thought out in order to gain acceptance by the students. Group management and responsibility for motivating other group peers often fall on the students without being preceded by training in group dynamics or organization. Surprisingly often, group work is designed as a collection of divided individual tasks, which the students do not consider to be group work. The students believe that group work contributes positively to personal development and that the acquired group work skills can be used both inside and outside the school as well as in future working life and studies. The students ask for more feedback and reflection on the group dynamics in the group work. For future research, it may be interesting to map how teachers work systematically with evaluation of collaboration in group work and to investigate the effects of proactive collaborative training in connection with group work.