Small Groups As Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation - Couverture rigide

Arrow, Holly; McGrath, Joseph Edward; Berdahl, Jennifer L

 
9780803972292: Small Groups As Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0803972296 ISBN 13 : 9780803972292
Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2000

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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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Éditeur
SAGE Publications Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803972296
ISBN 13 
9780803972292
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
344
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  080397230X ISBN 13 :  9780803972308
Editeur : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2000
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