Functions of Social Groups

Social groups are defined and separated by boundaries.

Leadership is the ability to organize a group of people to achieve a common purpose.

Decision-making is the mental processes resulting in the selection of a course of action among several alternative scenarios.

Goal setting involves establishing specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-targeted (S.M.A.R.T. ) goals.

The behavior of group members can be controlled indirectly through group polarization, groupthink, and herd behavior.