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Models for inferring relationships between group size and potential group productivity
Author(s) -
Steiner Ivan D.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830110404
Subject(s) - productivity , group (periodic table) , task (project management) , task group , psychology , knowledge management , computer science , engineering , economics , management , economic growth , chemistry , engineering management , organic chemistry
What a group actually accomplishes depends on the nature of its task, the relevant resources of the members, the motivations of members, and the coordination patterns developed as the group proceeds with its work. Research workers have often failed to distinguish between what groups actually accomplish and what they have the ability to accomplish. The following study reflects an attempt to organize some of the literature on group productivity into a coherent pattern, and to treat the ability of groups as a problem separate from actual productivity.