June 29‣quiz

‣group decision making

‣ structured problem solving

‣narrowing down the topic

‣writing a research question

group dialectics individual goalsconflictconformingtask workhomogeneous leadershipstructureengaged

group goalscohesionnonconformingmaintenance workheterogeneousfollowershipspontaneitydisengaged

group decision making

‣decision making vs problem solving

group decision making

‣decision making methods

‣voting‣consensus seeking‣authority rule

group decision making

‣decision making questions

‣questions of fact‣questions of conjecture‣questions of value‣questions of policy

group decision making

‣decision making styles

‣ rational ‣ intuitive‣dependent‣avoidant‣ spontaneous

standard agenda‣ task clarification

‣problem identification

‣ fact finding

‣ solution criteria

‣ solution suggestions

‣ solution evaluation and selection

‣ solution implementation

standard agenda‣ problem identification ‣what are all the relevant facts?‣what may have produced or caused this unsatisfactory condition?‣what do we hope to achieve?‣what are the characteristics of our problem?

‣ state problem clearly, describe thoroughly. focus on problem before solutions

narrowing down your topic

‣web / fishbone diagram

what is a problem?

‣undesired situation

‣desired situation

‣obstacles

writing a research question

‣ How does “specific problem” affect the local community; specifically, why does the problem exist, what is the magnitude, what are the costs, who are the populations affected; and why can’t we fix it?

‣ What is the difference between “desired situation” and “undesired situation” and how can we reduce the “obstacles” (specifically, reasons it exists, magnitude, costs, populations affected, why can’t we fix it) standing in our way?