COM 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Satisficing, Workplace Democracy, Individualism

• School: UH, UH Manoa, UHM
• Department: Communication
• Course: COM 320
• Professor: Kawamoto

Document Summary

For most of us, our family was our first exposure to group processes. Families typically have structure, with some members having more authority than others. Rules, norms, values, goals (vision) these are also typical of families. Do you remember how decisions were made: small groups (called circles, had a facilitator, every member of the group has a voice, check in at the start of the meeting, concept of distributed authority. , key term: holocracy. Defined as: replaces the traditional management hierarchy with a new peer-to-peer. Operating system that increases transparency, accountability, and organizational agility. Consists of rules and a process for funning meetings. A circle is a symbol a group of equals. A phase/model of small group decision making: orientation, conflict, emergence, reinforcement. Group members engage in a complicated sequence of cycles. Key point: there is a variety of decision making paths taken by groups. It"s not a process that can be considered cut and dry .