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| consists of resources that come from outside the system, such as energy (sunlight, electricity), information (internet, books) and people (a new member) |
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| the wearing down process-a measure of a system's movement toward disorganization and eventual termination |
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| the process of transforming input into output to keep the system functioning. transformed by engaging in group activities. involves roles, rules,, norms, power, discussion, conflict managment. |
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| compromises the continual results of the grup's throughput. include decisions made, soultions created, projects completed... |
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| occurs when group performance from joint action of members exceeds expectations based on percieved abilities and skills of individual members. Whole not necessarily equal to the sum of its parts |
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| occurs when group members working together produce a worse result than expected based on perceived individual skills and abilities of members |
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| two groups that begin at very dif. points and experience dissimilar environmental conditions may turn out very similarly |
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| sustains de when it regulates the degree, rate and desirability of change, allowing stability and change to co-exist |
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| the degree of continous interchange w/the outside environment |
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| to change is the adjustment of group boundaries in response to changing conditions |
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| determines the amount of access a group has to input, and thus, influence from outsiders |
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| private vocabulary, pecuilar to a specific group |
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| a pattern of expected behavior associated with parts we play in groups. the expectations attached to group roles specify appopriate behavior, thereby fostering predicability and controlling variability |
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| a structured pattern of info flow and personal contact |
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small, narrowly focused groups
-larger groups encourage their formation |
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