Group struture that encourages creative thinking by
deferring judgement from people.
Specific type of meeting in which members in their
group role have been delegated authority with regard to the problem at hand.
Agreement of most of the members of a group.
An advantage of brainstorming, by which all ideas
are encourage and criticism is delayed until after the session.
Group struture in which a series of questonnaires
are distributed to the respondents for their response, but group members do not
need to meet face to face.
Persons who challenge the ideas of others, probe
for supporting facts, provide constructive criticism, and challenge logic so as
to improve the quility of a group decision.
Creation of two or more competing proposals,
identifucation of underlying assumptions, examination by advocacy subgroups,
and whole group decision making.
Situations in which each spouse has a separare
career.
The use of personal computers to facilitate idea
generation and recording during brainstorming sessions.
The act of persevering to advocate a course of action,
and possibly allocating additional resources to a project, despite rational
evidence that it will result in a failure.
Groups established by the organization that have a
public identity and goal to achieve.
The use of computers, decision models, and
technological advances to remove communcation barriers, structure the decision
process, and generally direct the group's discussion.
Social process by which people interact fact to
face in small groups.
Also Leveling effect; Tendency of a group to bring
individual thinking in line with the average quality of the group's thinking.
Private emotions and motives of group members.
Groups formed on the basis of common interests,
proximity, and frienships.
Comapanywide group of people.
Group structure that combines indivdual input,
group discussion, and independent decision making.
The process of becoming more riged and extreme in
one's attitudes following open discussion.
Groups of employees who are protected from
employment discrimination by EEO laws.
The act of a group becoming more willing to take
chances when its members are dealing with the resources of others and cannot be
held individually accountable.
Leaders who serve as examples for their followers.
Person who helps restore and maitain group
relationships.
Employee lessoning of output when they think their
contributions to a group cannot be measured.
The process by which individuals often try harder
to contribute to a task just because other people are present.
Movement of a group through the evolutionary phases
of forming, storming, norming, and performing.
Goal that integrates the effort of individuals or
groups.
Offical tasks of a group.
Person who helps the group accomplish its
objectives and stay on target.
Cooperative small group in regular contact that is
engaged in coordinated action and whose members contribute responsibly and
enthusiastically to the task.
The state that occurs when members know their
objectives, contribute ressponsible and enthusiastically to the task, and
support one another.
