Entropy can impact any group size. Entropy has to do with the group being disorganized, and not moving forward as a group. This can happen for a number of reasons. One reason could be the lack of leadership. If the group has no leader, then the group can go off course. A good personal example of this was a sales meeting I had one year. Our sales manager at the time felt that she should reprimand the group because of down sales. Our sales manager was not a very motivating person, which translated into us doing poorly. She wouldn’t celebrate the good, but instead emphasize the bad.
Equifinality states that there is more than one way to complete a task. Members in a group often may start their project in different ways. For instance, one group member may choose to type first, while another member may choose to read first. This is also true with working people from different cultures. Workers from Europe may have been brought up to tackle problems more qualitatively, while workers from India may be more quantitatively.
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ReplyDeleteI defiantly agree with you that a leader plays a big role on handling entropy. When a group has many opinions and ideas, most of the time it results in entropy. The leader has to control the group’s engine, which is the energy. As a leader exercises control, he or she balances getting the job done and keeping the team together, which ultimately will lead to equifinality. To be successful in a small group, the leader needs to learn about everyone in the group; their needs, their characteristics, what excites members of the group, what motivates them, what they need to succeed, and how to support the group.
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