Constant Dynamic Tension

Thus far the four kinds of group experience have been discussed and a case example provided of how this experience actually occurs within the workplace. It is not difficult to come to the conclusion that the four types of group experience are very different and implicitly contain many elements in opposition to the others. In this regard each represents a potential direction for change in group and organizational culture where the three psychologically defensive group experiences may be thought of as points on a triangle and at the center of the triangle is the balanced group experience (see Figure 1). So long as one form of group or organizational experience is in ascendancy, the others remain as potential directions for change. It is within the constant presence of this potentiality that the workplace remains in a dynamic state where forces for change are pitted against forces of stability. The following discussion of change dynamics, uncertainty and the balance point of group experience further articulates the dynamic nature of the model.