COMM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fairfax New Zealand, Decision-Making, Group Polarization

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

If often does not work-ineffective, doesn"t allow people to share information. Groups can be smarter than their smartest members-produce better work and outcomes than a group of individuals if they follow the proper protocols to create solutions. A small group is a collection of 3-20 who: to meet criteria must have 3 people at least, more than 20 is a large group. Derive some satisfaction from maintaining membership in the group-individuals in group must get something out of it. Assume specialized roles- members of the group must have specific jobs. Communicate face to face-if you dontcomm face to face, youre a different kind of group- technology to comm, different kind of group, different characteristics. Phases in group development (4):set of steps/ process to get to final point. Zero history group-doesn"t have any past, come together for first time. Forming-initializing stage, group members come together, decide to whether or not they want to be in the group.