Author: HOLLY ARROW, JOSEPH E. MCGRATH, JENNIFER L. BERDAHL
Title: Small Groups as Complex Systems
Description: SAGE Publications, 2000. Paperback. Pp: 336. 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. ISBN: 9780803972308. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780803972308
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Title: Small Groups as Complex Systems
Description: SAGE Publications, 2000. Paperback. Pp: 336. 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. ISBN: 9780803972308. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780803972308
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- Book number: 2404479
- Book number: 2404479
See more books from our catalog: Sociologie