Unpublished Paper, The University of Kentucky, Lexington. With groups being everywhere it is important and vital to understand how they work. Decision-Mapping offers an explanation of how to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes occurring in groups. Humans do not have control what they do. Research should not be value laden.
Research offers objective results.
Groups will either follow the model to positive outcomes or negative outcomes. It is brand new and should be tested. There are many new hypotheses that can be drawn from this theory. It does a good job of suggesting a new way to look at all of them together. This is important to understand because of the implications of groups.