Name: small groups as complex systems: formation, coordination, development, and adaptation
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Author: Arrow, Holly ; McGrath, Joseph Edward ; Berdahl, Jennifer L.
ISBN: 9780803972292

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small groups as complex systems: formation, coordination, development, and adaptation

Type

Physical Book

Author

Joseph Edward McGrath

Holly Arrow

Jennifer L. Berdahl

Publisher

Sage Publications, Inc

Year

2000

Language

English

Pages

344

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.1 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.67 kg.

ISBN

0803972296

ISBN13

9780803972292

Synopsis "small groups as complex systems: formation, coordination, development, and adaptation"

What are groups? How do they behave? Arrow, McGrath, and Berdahl answer these questions by developing a general theory of small groups as complex systems. Basing their theory on concepts distilled from general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory, they explore groups as adaptive, dynamic systems that are driven by interactions among group members as well as between the group and its embedding contexts. In addition, they consider not only the group′s members and their distribution of attributes, but also the group′s tasks and technology in order to understand how those members, tasks, and tools are intertwined, coordinated, and adjusted. Throughout the book, the authors focus our attention on relationships among people, tools, and tasks that are activated by a combination of individual and collective purposes and goals that change and evolve as the group interacts over time.

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