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Group Communication Pitfalls: Overcoming Barriers to an Effective Group Experience treats groups and the work involved in grouping as useful tools humans have developed for responding to pressures or demands faced by group members. This book assumes an orientation that expects and detects group pitfalls as they arise, providing students with the foundation for overcoming barriers to effective group experiences. By assuming this orientation, authors John O. Burtis and Paul D. Turman offer readers a map of the group pitfall terrain and demonstrate how people working well together can use the struggle against such pitfalls to improve their groups.
Personnel Pitfalls
Personnel Pitfalls
As many as 22% of the problems facing groups manifest from their personnel and other premeeting issues (DiSalvo, Nikkel, & Monroe, 1989). In chapter 3, we covered two of the three major categories of potential Purgatory Puddle problems (task and supragroup pitfalls). Now we complete the Purgatory Puddle pitfalls as we focus on those evident in the personnel available to group.
♦ “Wrong Group for the Task” Pitfalls
Personnel pitfalls, when the wrong number or combination of individuals are available for work on a grouping task, manifest in unfortunate ways as the group attempts to do its work: demonstrating that the individuals involved are the “wrong group for the task.”
Inappropriate Group Size
A key variable in group interaction is the number of people involved. When ...
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