Saturday, October 4, 2008

Chapter 18 - What groups produce

If effective groups must analyze a problem, set a goal, identify alternatives, and evaluate those positive and negative characteristics, what then are they accomplishing? What is their product?
According to Poole, groups produce decisions. The duality of a group structure means that decisions both effect the group and are affected by the group. Stability and change are a product of the duality of groups. These decisions reinforce the group as well as alter its structures altogether.

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