Small Groups as Complex Systems: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation

by Jennifer L.L. Berdahl, Holly Arrow, Joseph Edward E. McGrath, et al.

Book Overview

What are groups? How do they behave? Arrow, McGrath, and Berdahl answer these questions by developing a general theory of small groups as complex systems. Basing their theory on concepts distilled from general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory, they explore groups as adaptive, dynamic systems that are driven by interactions among group members as well as between the group and its embedding contexts. In addition,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080397230X
• ISBN13: 9780803972308
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"