The Dynamics of Group Membership and Participation

Types of Groups

Family

Community

Work

The Circle

Productive Thinking

Group Qualities and Conflict

Proximity

Homogeneity

Distinctness

Cohesiveness

Leadership: Facilitating Membership

Productive Thinking

The Work Team: A Building Block for Efficiency

Ventana Group Systems. This company fits in perfectly with the subject of groups, found in Chapter 10.

Special Problem-Solving Techniques

T-Group

Delphi Technique

Nominal Group Technique

Quality Circles

Productive Thinking

Groupthink

Brainstorming

Being Productive

Productive Thinking

 
Highlighted company names in the index below are linked to the corporation's homepage. For additional, current information about the company, check their site. The number to the right of the company is the page number in the text where the company is discussed. Other resources include Hoover's database and Web search engines.

Go to the Index of Companies in Chapter 10

Prepared by Mark Garrison, January, 1998