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¶ … social interaction with people it is important to understand who is who in any group or team. As we observe different people in different positions to determine their interaction with each other we can clearly determine who the leader of a group is, who the person most others go to is, and who the person to whom nobody relates to is. In other words, we can determine the stability and security of any social group.

This is a very important step in building groups in a matrix organization and ensures that these groups are successful and efficient. It is also important to determine which function will be assigned to which person to ensure the groups success, and which person can communicate the goal and objectives of the organization the best to inside and outside members. As we draw a sociogram we can determine who the leader of the group will be.

Each person, if asked to identify his/her primary association, will eventually identify one person to which they believe all lines will connect. This person will soon be emerging as the leader of the group and group members will definitely follow such person and support that person's decision.

It is not always clear to understand why a person chooses some other person to take charge of the group and the group assignments, yet if we follow around the group and overlay these diagrams we can determine to which most of the members of that group feel connected to and will work with in the most successful way. As we know the leader is not always the most popular person in a group, yet we can also determine which person is seen as most popular by the group.

This can be shown be the effects that each person always will connect him/her self to one person in that group. Furthermore, we can than also identify the direction of information flow. Since popular people will most likely be the once where most member go to for any kind of information or the desire to talk or discuss important issues. Each group will work in the same dynamics as they build and expand.

Popularity is very important to group dynamics since it give the group a more relaxed atmosphere and lead to a better understanding of each other. Leaders do not need to be the most popular person, yet they can have these position combined with their role. As we go on and determine the weak points in a group we can determine the person to which no one draws and interactivity line, but more a line for necessary information flow.

These are the people which are not well accepted by the group, yet maybe very creative workers or negotiators and are essential to the group's performance. Since we cannot easily overcome these obstacles we need to address the issues of popularity and unpopularity in the group and support the leaders of these groups in a way that there will be the necessary understanding of the discrepancies between group members and the action needed to ensure a continuously and uninterrupted performance at a high level.

People will see a leader as the person in charge and accept the position this person has in an organization. Popularity on the other hand will be needed to ensure that the majority of the group has a person to discuss issues not necessarily work related, yet important for the individual. Since we can see that these two activities do not necessarily have to be the same person we can accept the fact that group activity and performance will improve as long as the stability inside the group is ensured.

Today it is not important to create a power structure, yet to build competitive advantage which depends not only on one person, yet more likely on complete teams or an organization in total. We have to understand the importance of relationships between people in organizations to identify possible issues and to be able to readjust or to improve on these issues.

As long as we can ensure that dimensions of inter-personal relationships can be addressed and weak points can be realigned and changed into strength, we can go forward and implement necessary changes in regards to building trust, interpersonal disclosure, empathy, acceptance, and respect. These points are all required to ensure that group.