ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Detailed explanation-1: -Self-centered role behaviors are those that seek to divert the group’s attention to the group member exhibiting the behavior. These roles include central negative, monopolizer, stage hog, egghead, self-confessor, and insecure compliment seeker.

Detailed explanation-2: -Help Seeker: Actively looks for sympathy by expressing feelings of inadequacy. Acts helpless, self-deprecating, and unable to contribute. For example, “I can’t help you, I’m too confused and useless with this stuff.” Special Interest Pleader: Makes suggestions based on what others would think or feel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Benne and Sheats identified seven different group building/maintenance roles: encourager, harmonizer, compromiser, gate-keeper, standard setter, group-observer and commentator, and follower.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social-emotional roles are those that focus on building and maintaining relationships among individuals in a group (the focus is on how people feel about being in the group). Procedural roles are concerned with how the group accomplishes its task.

Detailed explanation-5: -Benne and Sheats (1948) identified three broad types of roles people play in small groups: task roles, building and maintenance roles, and self-centered roles.