Friday, October 3, 2008
Week #6 #2
In chapter 18 mentions about "Rule" that is " propositions that indicate how things ought to be done or what is good or bad; recipes for actions." ( Griffin, E.) ( P 240). Rule is important for group decision making ; and it teaches every member in the group what is good or bad, and what he/ she can do or can`t do. It controls the members` behaviors during group activities; it helps the members to achieve their goals. If everybody in the group doesn`t follow the rule, he/she won`t achieve with the goals of the group. If someone in the group breaks the rule, the group will be affected directly. The goals of the group will postpone to achieve. The rule is a necessary element to guide the group activities and decision making.
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There are several ideas to help with group decision making in these last two chapters. The rule sounds promising. My thought was who creates the rule. It seems that it would be a group collaboration. If thats true, then it would be in a democratic form and everyone would mostly agree to the rules. But what would happen if one person didn't like a certain rule and broke it? Would it be as disasteres as chapter 18 states?Overall it sounds like a great theory to try out.
In my own personal experiences with groups, the so called "rule(s)" tend to be almost unspoken of, but understood by everyone. These unspoken rules tend to keep the group members in check. A common rule would be to try and keep most statements positive, because there really is no reason to shoot down all the ideas being put out, if you have a better idea, then present it, if not keep your mouth shut. Its just plain rude to be negative all the time when members are trying extremely hard to get things rolling and the only thing one member can say is, "that idea sucks," or just be negative and continually act as one who has nothing good to add to the groups chemistry and ideas.
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