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Download full textWilson-Mah, Rebecca; Axe, Jo; Childs, Elizabeth; Hamilton, Doug; Palahicky, Sophia – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2022
Communities of practice (CoPs) can provide opportunities for diverse and inclusive groups to convene, share, collaborate, and support others. Using a self-study research approach combined with a visual research method, this study explores both scholarly and practice-based insights to describe the anticipated attributes of a high functioning CoP…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning
Peer reviewedSeibold, David R. – Journal of Business Communication, 1979
Discusses aspects of group meetings including planning for chairing; possible formats for organizing sessions and facilitating group discussion and decision efforts; and alternative procedures for group problem-solving. Presents an example of how these formats and procedures can be used conjointly. (JMF)
Descriptors: Conferences, Decision Making, Group Structure, Groups
Stoffle, Carla – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Discusses creativity as an essential component of effective library management. Creative organizations are characterized as encouraging staff to take calculated risks and tolerating their failures; structuring work groups to maximize creativity; investing in staff development; providing adequate resources for programs and staff; and hiring highly…
Descriptors: Creativity, Failure, Group Structure, Library Administration
Peer reviewedLee, Fred; Bednar, Richard L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Prior theoretical formulations have suggested that client exposure to levels of personal risk and responsibility most conducive to optimal group development can be regulated with group structure. Analysis of variance results indicated the highest frequency of therapeutically relevant behaviors occurred in the high-structure and high-risk-taking…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Group Behavior, Group Structure
Ryan, Michael G. – 1973
The term "risky shift" is used to describe the tendency of groups to make a collective decision that is less conservative than the members might make as individuals. Previous research on this subject has been based on three analytical categories: demographic makeup of groups, group familiarity with the task and information, or individual…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Discussion Groups, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
Knowles, Eric S. – 1972
The question whether individual study of risk problems (familiarization) leads to greater risk taking was investigated. Several explanations of the risk taking shifts are explicit in their requirement for group or social interaction. Investigations of whether risk shifts can be produced in the absence of group interaction have produced conflicting…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Jensen, Marian – 1980
Studies published in the last five years (since 1975) concerning how groups behave, with particular emphasis on implications for the administrator who wishes to deal more effectively with groups, are reviewed. The 25 studies represent 11 journals, written by authors from six related disciplines. For discussion purposes, the studies are divided…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Theories, Communication Problems, Conflict Resolution
