SOCIOL 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Arthur Schuster, Social Loafing
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Have advantage of greater resources require more coordination. Group tasks can be usefully divided into the following eight types: Planning generate an action oriented plan to achieve objectives on which the members agree. Tasks that require a group to generate new, original ideas. Tasks that require a group to solve a problem for which there is a correct answer. Tasks that require a group to solve a problem for which there is no inherently right answer. Tasks in which group members hold varying viewpoints and strive to resolve differences. Tasks in which group members face an underlying conflict of interest with respect to conditions for reward. Tasks in which group members compete as a unit against an external opponent or enemy. Tasks that require group members to use manual skills to bring about great results. Types of tasks: additive tasks pulling power per person by group size in the.
