CMST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Facebook Messenger, Peer Pressure, Groupthink
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Chapter 29 & 30: group communication and business and professional presentations. Oral reports delivered to colleagues, groups, bosses. Avoid behavior that takes away from these goals. Relate to the accomplishments of the objectives of the group. They are the people that make things happen. Recording secretary, note taker, moderator, elaboration, information giver or seeker and initiator. Focuses on the individual and not the group"s needs. Wants to be the star of the group. Ignores work, sways away from the points. The person who dominates all interaction and all work. In which the members have conflict based on merits (not arguing about one. The tendency to accept certain ideas without subjecting them to critical analysis. Participants reach a consensus and avoid conflict to avoid hurting each other"s feelings. Members who do not agree with the majority are expected and pressured to conform (peer pressure) More effort spent rationalizing or justifying the decision instead of testing it.
