Management
The behavior of human is greatly constrained by the rules, which governs the environments and particular situations. Humans are costly obliged to behave in a certain way or avoid certain actions. The rules may be formal regulations like laws or informal rules of social etiquette that are not written down. However, they are implicit within the situation itself. The moral rules exist to safeguard our welfare and the rights and welfare of other people around us whereas other social conventional rules merely exists so as our system can continue to work with little conflict as possible. It is worth noting that this fundamental perception concerns the perceived impacts of the violation of rules for other individuals in the group. Generally, in case the group members stick to the rules, it is then definite that the system will work very smoothly as there will be cooperation between individuals and the welfare of each one of them will be ensured. That is why there is existence of rules (Bany and Johnson 1). However, many people do not always adhere to the rules.
For instance, many wrong things and misunderstanding in the group occur simply because somewhere along the line, the rule has been broken. It is important to note that breaking a rule decreases the safety margins, which inherently offer, and raises the likelihood of accidents and misunderstandings. In most cases, the breaking of rule behavior in a group is not the outcome of a deliberate act. However, it is committed without the individual’s conscious intention. There are various causes of such behaviors in groups. These include;
Attitudes and Culture versus Behavior
Attitudes have been regarded as steering behavior in some concrete way. It is traditionally thought that in case you change the attitude of someone, his or her behavior will also change to fall in line with that kind of changes. Even though there are evidences revealing that this kind of approach can work, there have been suggestions that it is not usually the case and even if it is, the changes in behavior are not as large as they would be expected. Additionally, it is worth noting that there is a problem in attitude measuring, meaning that the attitude that a person claims to support are only true ones at the time they are asked.
Several factors have an effect to those attitudes that are stated (Bany and Johnson 2). In this group, it is clear that the group members are from different places of the world. Therefore, their culture in terms of interaction with other people, their language, and accent differ amongst each other. Their behavior could thus be influenced by their culture. For instance, there are those members who feel they are more superior to the other hence their decision is final. Language barrier could also be the cause of this behavior amongst members in the group.
The Habits
An attitude is a behavioral intention. The problem is that there are various things that can stop the group members from behaving in the way they said they would wish to behave. Habit is one of the strongest influences to the misunderstanding behavior amongst the group members. This results from how the members had previously acted when a particular set of incidences has arisen. In our entire life, habits are the strongest basis for the prediction of behavior in a group.
Reasons for the Formation of Habits
Habits form considering that humans have only a limited cognitive capacity whereby we can only think about a particular number of things at one time. It is better for us when we have less thought going into our day-to-day lives. This results to humans adapting the way in which to utilize this limited capacity. It is worth noting that habits allow individuals to handle situations that they have faced before without expending a lot of that cognitive capacity that is precious.
Mind-Sets
The behavior of a group member may be due to the possibility of the members having established a collection of habitual responses to various elements in the surrounding. This can be described as mindsets that direct the conscious attention of the group members only towards a particular kind of relevant information (Shaw3). For instance, when someone is considering the option of goals, the deliberative mindset may be activated which entail an open mind for the new information and have a relatively objective information processing promoted. However, an implemented mindset will focus the attention on certain information concerning when, how and where to act and is characterized by closed mindset. After the initiation of the behavioral act, the factional mindset focuses the attention of an individual exclusively on the aspects of the self and the surrounding which sustain that particular behavior.
The Effects of Personality
In the case it is certain that none of these negative consequences would exist. Then it would be necessary for the group to engage in the type of behavior the modern society regard as illegal and antisocial. With the assumption that the individuals have the urge of behaving in such manner, it is a point where the second set of personality feature becomes crucial. These kinds of traits determine how likely the members consider themselves bound by the policies. Some people will follow the rules to the latter while others will follow only the rules that they may regard justified and legitimate. Moreover, a few of them not adhere to any rule that avoid them from achieving their goals in life.
How We Can Change Existing Of Habits
The specifics for each situation and rule will dictate exactly how to achieve this. It is evident that people ignore important information in the surrounding, which if considered could cause them to question their response to habits according to the situation in this group. There is very little that the group can do in persuading the small percentage of the members who will not stick to the rules without considering the consequences. Nevertheless, majority of the group members because of the way in which the members perceive those rules breaks some rules.
The legitimacy of the rule and the justification for adhering to them should be emphasized in the strongest and best way possible. For instance, it will be essential to highlight the negative consequences for other group members to help in reinforcing this kind of justification and make compliance more likely. It is also very essential for the group to emphasize other member’s welfare and rights because or else it is only the personal safety of the individual group members that is at risk and endangers them. It is worth noting that personal safety is one’s own business and not others, hence in case there are some group members who impose rules on others, feeling patronized and ignoring them may be the best option.
Works Cited
Bany, Mary A, and Lois V. Johnson. Classroom Group Behavior: Group Dynamics in Education. New York: Macmillan, 1964. Print.
Shaw, Marvin E. Group Dynamics: The Psychology of Small Group Behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. Print.
