stic affect on you. In my group at Boeing I was very close to Nick. Nicks father also worked at Boeing. He was a crane operator at a different plant than Nick and I worked at. I will never forget the day that we were sitting at our desks and we read an email that one of the cranes at the Renton plant had fallen and the crane operator had been killed. I immediately looked over at Nick who had a very concerned look on his face. It turned out to be his father who was killed. For the next couple of weeks at work I was not only emotionally upset, I found it hard to concentrate on the work at hand. The health of a group member or even a group members family can play a role in the dynamics of the group. However, in my experience, usually these roles do not last long and the group eventually returns to normal. One thing is known about the human personality and groups, according to Schutz’s theory “people share three needs that groups help fulfill: needs for inclusion, control, and affection.” (5) Inclusion refers to our need for belonging. Control refers to our need to control or have power over others. Finally affection refers to the need for friendship and closeness among people. Everyone has a different personality, some like to feel included in the group, while some prefer to think of themselves as a individual worker who only sits within the group. Some people like to have all the control and power, while others like to be told what to do and would rather not make the decisions. Some feel the need to be friends with everyone in the group and others could care less if they ever felt close to the people they sit next to. These are important issues to understand about your fellow group members. In my experience, if you do not feel as if you are truly a member of the group you will have lower esteem and not perform as well. Having one member feel like he is not a part of the group can cause him to have rese...
