Small groups are a small number of people, usually engaged in face to face interactions, actively working together toward a common goal. To me, nothing fits this statement like my futsal team. There only 5 of us on the court working side by side actively towards winning a game. I know that sports and organizations are different the situation and circumstances might be the same. Besides, we have work together to be other teams. Individual skills and creativity is important but it's useless if you can't work with your teammates. Imagine, we have to solve problems on the spot. If we attack, how are we gonna do it? If we defend, what's the plan? We are constantly working together and to work together, we need to have fast communication skills in order for our strategies and tactics to work.
We do have problems similar to group-think where we think we are unanimous on a decision but later during the course of the game, all of us ending up doing things that are completely different that we have discussed. To avoid this from happening, our captain will shout at us over and over again about what our plan is and to stick to it. As for managing cultural diversity, we do players from different cultures but we respect each other based on our skills on the ball and not our races. We always give opinions and feedback about each other's plays and we adjust our playing style to other in order to bring the team closer and gain a better team chemistry.
My futsal team does fit the category of a small group and we do work hard towards our goals and achieving them.
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