Question

Choose any coercive organisation of your choice (actual/factitious) and discuss finally the types of groups, Teams and informal groups within the organisation. Also, critically evaluate the possible factors that influence the performance of the groups and teams in achieving in achieving the organisational goals and objectives.

 Identity a coercive organisation actual or fictitious. [25%]

 Discuss fully the types of group teams and informal groups within the organisation and show clearly the relationship between one another if any. [25%]

 Critically evaluate the possible factors that influence their performance in achieving the goals and objectives of the organisation. [25%]

 Recommend possible measures that organisation can take to improve their rules in the organisation. [25%]

Your answers to the above will be assessed in terms of the level of communication displayed, the insights and inferences drawn, and your ability to show the implications of the factors that you have assessed and discussed. An answer that merely gives a list of events that have happened or a synopsis of a situation, without showing insight into the reasons and results, will not earn good marks.

Answer 1

Coercive organization are those institutes where inmates are made to join with legal mandate or without their consent. Let’s take an example of any big prison in UK. Typically, UK prisons would consist of 2 types of groups in the prison, one is Inmates and other ones are staff members. Typically, staff members would join the jail as per their consent as they want to learn and earn for their livelihood.

On the other hand, inmates would be forced to confine in the prison until they serve their sentences.

Coercive organization like Prison is being run by strict rules and daily routines. Considering there are 2 different type of population in the jail i.e. inmates and staff, there is possibility of a tussle or fight between these 2 groups. Here inmates can make the life of staff miserable while disobeying their rules and instructions but at the same time there are chances of intra-group tussle as well between the inmates. Some of the possible factors, which could impact & influence their organization could be the Rivalry between small groups, in fights, tendency to dominate the proceedings, lack of jail disciplines and tendency to flee away from the organization.

Some of the possible measure which could be taken by the Prison authorities could be imposing the strict rule and round the clock monitoring of the inmates. Conducting the psychometric analysis of each of the inmates and understanding their behaviour pattern, and identifying those people who could pose a serious threat to Jail’s peace and discipline.

Either they could be isolated from the bigger group or their mental counselling can be conducted to make them understand their purpose of staying that organization and also making them convinced to contribute in small possible way in the growth of the organization.