Sunday, March 24, 2019

Difference Between Group And Team

Difference Between Group And Team
Major dissimilarities or difference between group and team can be highlighted as follows:
1. Introduction
Group: Collection of two or more than two people having similar qualities and interests.
Team: Collection of people working jointly to obtain a common goal.

2. Role Of Leader

Group: Leader is a controller of group, so he is strong and clearly focused
Team: Leader is a facilitator of team and shares goals

3. Accountability

Group: Each member is accountable for his/her work individually
Team: Mutual accountability

4. Goal Sharing

Group: May be or may not be 
Team: Yes always

5. Duties Assigned

Group: Fixed duties and tasks are not assigned
Team: Fixed duties and tasks are clearly assigned to members individually
difference-group-team


6. Familiar

Group: Members may not be familiar with each other
Team: Members are familiar with each other

7. Specialization

Group: It is less specialized than team
Team: It is more specialized than group

8. Formation Process

Group: It is simple and easy to form group than team because it has less formal structure
Team: It is structured more formally than group, so it is difficult to form a team

9. Dependency Of Member

Group: They are independent
Team: They are interdependent to each other

10. Level of Trust Between Members

Group: Less 
Team: High 

11. Example

Group: Group of people waiting a train at a railway station
Team: A team of basketball

Group Vs Team 
(Comparison Chart)

 Basis

 Group
 Team
 Introduction

Association of people with similar interests
Association of people with common goal
Leader's Role

As a controller
 As a facilitator
Accountability

Individually
 Mutually
Goal Sharing

My be or not
 Always
Fixed Duties

Not assigned
Assigned
Familiar 

Members may or may not be familiar with each other 
Familiar with each other
Specialization

 Less
 High
Formation 

 Easy to form
Difficult
Members Dependency

Independent
Interdependent
Trust Level

Less
High
 Example

Group of people waiting a train
 Cricket team

I hope this post is helpful to understand the difference between group and team and to make comparison between them.