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Mayer, Charlotte Y.; Wynn, Richard E. – 1978
This discussion is concerned with the rationale and method of the Woodard Outreach Group Model. Included is a description of some of the theoretical and strategic matters involved with this method of working with small groups. Examples are presented illustrating ways in which the model has been modified and used with success in a variety of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Group Activities, Group Behavior, Group Counseling
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Murphy, Sharon – 1976
This booklet, a discovery/work text, asks learners to take a careful look at the ways they participate in communication situations, at the form their participation in communication takes, and at the personal and societal consequences of communication. Laboratory activities focus on techniques of communication and on strategies for dealing with…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Culture, Group Behavior
Jo, Moon H. – 1979
Chinese immigration to the United States, which began around 1850, sparked strong anti-Asian sentiment and legal and economic restrictions upon these immigrants. Although some Chinese organizations helped immigrants, the overall response of the Chinese to systematic oppression was one of meekness and compliance. The Japanese began to immigrate to…
Descriptors: Activism, Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese Americans, Cultural Differences
Terborg, James R.; And Others – 1975
In a longitudinal field experiment, 42 groups were assembled on the factors of individual ability and attitude similarity resulting in a 2 x 2 crossed ANOVA design. These groups then worked on six projects which spanned a three-month time period. For each project, measures of group performance and group cohesion were taken. Analyses showed that…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Attitudes, Cohesion (Written Composition), Field Studies
Leavitt, Harold J. – 1974
The idea of using groups, rather than individuals, as the basic building blocks for an organization is suggested in this paper. Although this idea is not new in theory, it is new in practice. To design an organization from scratch around groups appears to violate the American value of individualism. Groups, however, have advantages over…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Employer Employee Relationship, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
State Univ. of New York, Buffalo.
This document presents six observation schedules designed to assist the teacher in discovering patterns in observed behaviors. Schedules provide a carefully defined focus through which patterned relationships are seen between behaviors performed by certain actors in various settings and contexts. Completion of these observation schedules should…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Behavior
Van Fleet, Alanson A. – 1975
The Collaboration Model Project Council, at the University of Florida, represents an attempt to establish interinstitutional collaboration among (1) a university and two community colleges, (2) three county public school systems, (3) the teachers' associations of three counties, (4) community parents and citizens of three counties, and (5) college…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cooperation, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1976
Social Conflict and Negotiative Problem Solving is an instructional system currently under development by the Improving Teaching Competencies Program (ITCP) of Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). In accordance with the Resource Allocation Management Plan (RAMP, 1975) of ITCP, this report presents a plan of evaluation activities for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Educational Objectives
Courtright, John A. – 1974
The purpose of this essay was to propose a new explanation of collective behavior and to hypothesize the role of communication in this process. Unlike previous theories, which rely on a group effect, this explanation is based on the behavior of individual members of the collectivity. Using the experimental finding of the "risky shift,"…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Group Behavior
Graves, Gordon R. – 1976
In the process of developing a coherent bargaining position, the school board's chief negotiator functions as a group leader, responsible for controlling behavioral dynamics so that the school board is productive and cohesive. Dissonance and dissent are expected components of the position-formulating process, and the negotiator should be…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Conflict
Bates, Frederick L. – 1968
This monograph applies ideas from the field of role theory to the study of occupations, beginning with an historical overview of role theory concepts. The analysis of occupations is presented from both a group-centered and person-centered position. Within the group-centered analysis, organizations, work groups, and communities are discussed, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Environmental Influences, Glossaries, Group Behavior
Bowen, Donald D. – 1971
For some time, cultural anthropologists have attempted to explain regularities of behavior in large groups (nations, tribes, etc.) through a series of studies generally known as "national character" or "modal personality" studies. The investigation reported here attempts to adapt the "modal personality" approach to…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cultural Differences, Group Behavior, Group Norms
Holopainen, Pentti – 1972
The aim of this study was to describe and analyze the nature of group work through a series of thirteen video taped classroom lessons for fourth grade students. Using a case approach technique, the emphasis was on methodological problems. The study showed that even the investigation of a single mode of instruction such as group work is a highly…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Classification, Grade 4
Stewart, Jeffrey E.; And Others – 1971
Recent investigations of the effects on group output of competitive contingencies, reward deliveries to group members contingent upon achieving a higher or lower task rate than another group, have suggested that competitive contingencies are a positive function of group output. When rewards are contingent upon a higher comparison outcome, group…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Educational Research, Group Activities, Group Behavior
HUGHES, LARRY W. – 1965
THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND ITS ELEMENTS (AS DEPICTED BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE PERFORMANCE TEAMS IN SELECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE STATE OF OHIO) ON THE INNOVATIVENESS OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE "ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONNAIRE," WHICH SERVED AS THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Central Office Administrators
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