Behaviors of Problem-Solving Groups

Abstract

The results of two studies are contained in this report in summary form. They represent the first parts of a program of research designed to study the effects of change and history on the on the behaviors of problem-solving Groups. Perhaps the most unsatisfying aspects of experientially studying problem-solving groups lies in the fact that results too frequently represent observations made in assumed steady state and in single slice of time. In many ways, mostly based on institution and personal experience, credence is given to the suggestion that the past experiences of a group or organization affects behavior: the selection of goals, the procedure adopted to reach such goals, and other kinds of important decisions. However, neither an adequate theory nor an adequate empirical base for deriving propositions which can successfully represents the connections between past events and present ones is available.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1958
Accession Number
ADA365813

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  • Warren G. Bennis

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  • Boston University

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Ambiguity
  • Applied Psychology
  • Communication Networks
  • Deprivation
  • Efficiency
  • Environment
  • Information Exchange
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Management Personnel
  • Networks
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Public Opinion
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Universities

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