Small Groups as Complex Systems
Subtitle: Formation, Coordination, Development, and Adaptation
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; Sage Publications
Published: March 21, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780803972292
Subjects: Social, group or collective psychology; Sociology; Psychology; Organization Development; Social Organization; Teams in the workplace; Social Science; Social Psychology; Small groups; General; Group Psychology; Business & Economics / Business Ethics; Sociology - General; Management - General
First sentence: This book presents a general theory of small groups as complex systems.
Description: This general theory of small groups as complex systems draws on general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory in offering a more complete understanding of the nature of group behaviour and the factors which shape it.