If cohesiveness is high and performance norms are low, productivity will also be low. There are ways for managers to increase cohesiveness: • Make the group smaller. • Encourage agreement with group goals. • Increase time members spend together. • Increase group status and admission difficulty.
Answer:Cohesiveness is the degree to which group members are attracted to each other and are motivated to stay in the group. Cohesiveness has been linked to productivity. When performance-related norms established by the group are high, a cohe sive group will be more productive than one that is less cohesive.
Diversity appears to have a mixed impact on group performance, with some studies suggesting that diversity can help performance and others suggesting it can hurt it. It appears the situation makes a difference in whether positive or negative results predominate.