TYPES OF GROUP

BY: JYOTI CHAUHAN

 DEFINITION

NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR THINGS THAT ARE LOCATED CLOSE TOGETHER OR ARE CONSIDERED OR CLASSED TOGETHER
 CLASSIFICATION OF GROUPS

• Primary and Secondary Groups

• Formal and Informal Groups
• Membership and Reference Groups
• Command and Task Groups
• In-groups and Out-groups
Primary and Secondary Groups Formal and Informal Groups

• Primary Group: The group where an • Formal Groups When people

individual directly interacts with other collaborate to attain the organizational
members. goals or objectives

• Secondary Group: When a person in a • Informal Groups When the individuals

group is indirectly associated with or associate with one another to serve their
influenced by other members common interest or for self-satisfaction.
Command and Task Groups Membership and Reference Groups

•  Result of hierarchical arrangement in an • A group in which the members must get

organization, a command group is made themselves registered and acquire a
of the superiors and their subordinates membership card 
representing the flow of command
 IN-GROUPS AND OUT-GROUPS

• In-Group: A group where an individual is socially active and adopts strong values
from the other members is termed as an in-group.

• Out-going Group: The other groups, except the prevalent in-group, where no
inter-group exchange of values is facilitated is termed as out-going groups.