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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Group development"”.
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The dynamics of group development and team decision making
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994.
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Knowledge construction, social identity and social network structure in completely online groups
… increasingly involve collaboration within small groups meeting online. While this process is being driven by technological innovation, the important socio-technical issues of human computer, human-human and human-information interaction under the new conditions are less well understood. …
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The effects of lateral and vertical heterogeneity on focus group discussions for organizational and learner needs assessment
The focus group meeting is an approach to identifying potential learning needs and developing awareness for organizational change. Currently, the literature recommends that focus groups be composed of both laterally and vertically homogeneous group members to enhance trust among participants and …
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Examination of Member Behaviors, Group Processes, and Development -Shaping Forces of Virtual Learning Teams
Examining development-shaping forces indicated that member-related characteristics were the primary underlying cause to the successful development of groups, but without being transformed into group norms, such as sharing work procedures, sharing individual members' work, discussing members' views …
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Integration of Strategy and Economics: Triangulating on Agribusiness Competitiveness Through Strategy and Economic Theories
… to develop theoretically grounded strategic groups is a possibility. This efficiency group development can be classified as a ""deductive"" or a posteori approach, since there is no conceptual definition of efficiency groups in strategic groups literature. On the other hand, strategic groups …
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The relevant and reliable language theory : developing a language measure of trust for online groups
… trust and language in online dyadic, online group, and virtual community interactions. The first two empirical studies revealed that positive emotion is reliably linked to trust, that is to say that dyads and groups that produce more positive emotion words show greater trust. In addition, by …
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Adult environmental education : a community psychology perspective
… skills training in peer leadership, grassroots group development, advocacy, and AR. Using adult education methods of guided discussion and peer interaction, participants were encouraged to establish and lead a group around an issue of personal and local concern, with the researcher acting as …
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Coping with mental illness : a case study in initiating a support group in Mamre
… description and partial evaluation of a support group for psychiatric outpatients and their relatives in Mamre. The first nineteen sessions of the support group are described in detail, and the evaluation information was obtained from the participants at the evaluation workshop held in February …
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Working with top management teams : conversations contributing to board development
… of it, is also measured by using the four-stage group development model which, together with a specific review model, provide material for team discussion and a deeper understanding of the process, of relationship principles, of other team members, and of themselves. During the research, further …
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Influence of a Collaborative Norming Process on Teacher Perceptions of Middle Level Team Structure and Development
… of this study, teaming is defined as a small group of teachers with different content responsibilities who work with the same group of students in a school-within-a-school structure. Described as a signature practice in the middle school movement, teaming provides an organizational framework …
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Leadership Development And Support: The Perceived Effects Of A Dialogic Peer Coaching Program
… of school-based leaders in a peer dialogic group coaching and discussion program in a larger school district in Western Canada. The pilot program included 14 principals and vice-principals from 12 different elementary or high schools who participated in either a discussion or coaching format …
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Primary Lifelines: Friendship Groups of Women in Higher Education
… study of women in seven informal friendship groups identified the cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes utilized to support women working in higher education and traced the movement of each group through the friendship phases of formation, maintenance, and dissolution. …
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The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Teams Using the BcubeTM Process
… learning is attempted by placing students in group learning situations in which they receive assignments without a structured group or team-formation process. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the BcubeTM process with college students as a method of bringing together individuals of …
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Exploring the relationship between organisational culture and planning processes in selected Western Australian sport associations
… the organisational cultures?; (ii) Wh~t are the development planning processes for each sport association? How does each association perceive the development planning processes?, and; (iii) How does organisational culture influence planning processes? To find answers to these research questions, …
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The influence of organisational variables on knowledge management in new product development
New product development (NPD) has been described as a complex and dynamic, knowledge-intensive process that relies heavily on the creation, sharing and utilisation of knowledge. The aim of the research study was to identify and evaluate the organisational variables that act as enablers and …
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Virtual teams combining mobile devices with web-based communication on group decision making
… asynchronous tools (including email, discussion groups, information sharing tools, and group calendaring systems), and synchronous tools, such as instant messaging and web-based chatting features, to coordinate and share information with people within and outside of organizations. This empirical …
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Studies in synthesis using CO2 and H2 gases
… the research carried out in this project on the development of a Wittig CO2 utilisation methodology for the synthesis of α,β unsaturated carboxylic acids. Chapter 3 involves discussion on the development of protocols for purification of the α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids synthesised. The …
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Identitas sosial pengguna jilbab dalam kelompok mahasiswi inkafa, kelompok rohis Universitas Brawijaya dan komunitas hijaber Malang
… identity category of individual person to join a group that having the same categories of identity and be distinguishing of one group with other groups. The problem of identity is being important and interesting to be studied because as gets an identity of individual measures will be very helpful …