Small Group Decision Making And Complex Information Tasks

A report on a search of the psychological literature for information about the competence of jurors to find the facts in complex, protracted civil trials. The author noted that little research had focused directly on this issue and concluded that in legal fact-finding in complex civil trials, groups had advantages over individuals as decision makers.

Communication and Group Decision-Making takes stock of recent group communication research - with an explicit focus on communication processes. This book is recommended for academics, professionals and researchers in communication and organization

Uses systems theory as a basic orientation to describe small group communication in open and complex systems. Presents several perspectives for understanding group communication within this systems framework, with a focus on diversity, creativity, and teams. Each chapter begins with a thought-provok