Small Groups as Complex Systems

Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation

Business & Finance, Business Reference, Business Ethics, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Organizational Behavior
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Author: Holly Arrow, Dr. Joseph Edward McGrath, Jennifer L Berdahl ISBN: 9781452238500
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: March 21, 2000
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author: Holly Arrow, Dr. Joseph Edward McGrath, Jennifer L Berdahl
ISBN: 9781452238500
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: March 21, 2000
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

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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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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