Members of groups come together and either succeed or fail based on a number of variables, including their level of cohesion.

Order Instructions

For your homework assignment this week, choose a well-known group (for example a winning – or losing – Super Bowl team, a political organization, or a corporation like Apple) and analyze the group on the basis of at least three of the following types of cohesion:

Social cohesion, such as:

Interpersonal attraction

Group-level attraction

Social attraction

Task Cohesion, such as:

Group motivation

Collective Cohesion, such as:

Identity fusion

Emotional Cohesion, such as:

Affect and relational cohesion

Structural Cohesion, such as:

Open and closed groups

Include the following information in your 2 – 3 page paper (not including required APA formatted title and reference pages):

Name and description of the group you are analyzing

Purpose or objectives of the group

Cultural or ethnic makeup of the group, as well as how this might affect the group’s cohesion

Analysis of at least three of the following types of group cohesion: Social, Task, Collective, Emotional, Structural

Concluding paragraph that summarizes your reflections about how the level of cohesion may influence the group’s relative success (or failure) in achieving its goals.

Submit your assignment as an MS Word document in APA format. Your assignment should be a minimum of two to three pages in length, not including the APA formatted title and reference page.