With the development of technology and organizational complexity, to discourage individual could be argued that the period came to a head earlier today savaged management is managing people, managing working groups. That is why some experts believe that to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of management, the organization must be designed to minimize the personal relations between the members in the form of diminished instead of working groups will be established. Evidence suggests that managers today are likely to increase the use of group decision-making. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of groupwork and development methods of groupwork on Gas Company of Esfahan.For this purpose, a model was developed consisting of six factors that influence the proper management, strategic planning, effective communication, job satisfaction, groupwork skills and leadership. Research method is Descriptive research–survey and as a term of target is operative. Statistical population included 117 of groupmembers employees at Gas Company of Esfahan who were selected simple random sampling. In this research, the researcher made questionnaire is used. Reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 91% Which was measured by Cronbach's alpha. Content validity was confirmed by a group of university professors. In addition to data analysis using statistical parameters such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, univariate t test, and inferential statistics such as Friedman test, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. The findings show management and groupwork skills in the effective gas province partly influenced the findings were not statistically significant factors as well as the strategic planning process, effective communication, job satisfaction, leadership and group effectiveness in the gas company and the findings are statistically significant and confirmed.
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