Small Groups as Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation - Brossura

Holly Arrow; Joseph McGrath; Jennifer Berdahl

 
9780803972308: Small Groups as Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation
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ISBN 10: 080397230X ISBN 13: 9780803972308
Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2000

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sull?autore

Dr. Arrow has two major research interests.  The first is the formation and development of small groups as complex dynamic systems.  The second is the psychology of war, in particular the evolution of social capacities that help men and women cope with the challenges to survival and reproductive success posed by war.   Topics of recent papers include gender relations in the military, the evolution of heroism,  the role of friendship in dissolving the social anxiety of outgroup interactions, sources of cohesion in groups of different sizes, and using complexity to improve the  effectiveness of groups in health care.

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Editore
SAGE Publications, Inc
Data di pubblicazione
2000
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
080397230X
ISBN 13 
9780803972308
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
344
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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9780803972292: Small Groups As Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation

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ISBN 10:  0803972296 ISBN 13:  9780803972292
Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 2000
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