Group Development

Book Overview

This classic collection of readings on group development includespieces on group practice and major research reports that you'llfind useful as course content in many training sessions. You willget a powerfully usable sense of group dynamics through thecombination of "what to look for" and "what to do" articles."[Groupmembers must be] aware of and sensitive to the fluctuating forceswithin the group, or their actions will in all probability beinappropriate."
--Leland P. Bradford, author

Articles include "Functional Roles of Group Members," "ImprovingDecision-Making with Groups," "Stereotypes and the Growth ofGroups," and "Trust and Managerial Problem Solving." Among theleading contributors to this essential resource are Warren Bennis, Alvin Zander, Gordon Lippitt, and Leland Bradford himself.Learn allabout:
* Functional roles of group members
* Diagnosis and solving problems within groups
* Trust and managerial problem-solving . . . and more!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883901447
• ISBN13: 9780883901441
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"