CMST 2064 Chapter : Chapter 1 Textbook Notes
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From everyday activities like air travel, firefighting, and running the united way drive to amazing feats of human accomplishments like climbing mt. Interdependence: three or more members, working, common goal. Advantages: superior resources, member satisfaction, learning, cultural understanding, creativity, civic engagement. Cultural understanding: working in groups requires that you understand, respect, and adapt to difference in members" skills, experiences, opinions, and behavior as well as differences in gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, status, and worldviews. Disadvantages: more time, energy, and resources, conflict, people problems. More time, energy, and resources: nonproductive meetings, poor communication, and hazy group objectives gobble up two of every five workdays, workers report that they spend an average of 5. 6 hours a week in meetings and rate. Individual and group needs: the responsibilities of leadership and followership. Groups in balance: tensions are best resolved by taking a both/and approach rather than an either/or perspective.
