Assignment 1
Summarize each of the following articles in 500 words or less. Note that summary is not a list, instead it starts out with the most important idea(s) and supports it with the most relevant facts. It helps the reader of the summary understand the article and in your case it should demonstrate your understanding of the article. All the articles can be found on Blackboard.
- Tziner and Dov
- Bankers Hitler Schein Barker Bion
- Tropman
- Group Ethos
- Cargo Cults
- Misperceptions of Middleclasshood
Assignment 2
Google the following prescriptive group techniques and describe them to me in a series of paragraph-length summaries. I call them "prescriptive" because they offer prescription-like advice on how to enhance group performance.
Brain-storming
Reverse Brain-Storming
Nominal Group Technique
Buzz groups
Dewey's Rational Decision Making model
Lewin's Force Field Analysis
Irving Janis' s Groupthink (actually this one is more of a disease of groups and hence is more descriptive than prescriptive)
T-groups
Focus groups
Answer this question in some substantive detail. How can lack of conflict within a group lead to bad decision-making? Your answer should indicate some knowledge of the materials that we have been reading.