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Peer reviewedMcPhail, Clark; Tucker, Charles W. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Extends control systems theory to analyze purposive collective behaviors, ranging from simple to complex, involving small and large groups. Suggests that complex collective phenomena can be explained as the repetition or combination of individual and collective sequences of action. Posits that control systems theory can be used to elucidate…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Competition, Conflict
