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Observing Group Process
Stewart L. Tubbs
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Observing Group Process
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Glossary
Case Study
Observation Instruments
The Systems Approach
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Glossary
• Analyzing Group Process—a method for group
members to report their views of the group’s process.
• Functional Task Roles of Discussants—a
method of recording which group members made
comments that were taskoriented.
• Interaction Diagram—a graphic method for showing
who talks to whom in a group discussion.
• Participant Rating Scale Form—a method for
group participants to rate their group on a number of
different dimensions.
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Glossary
• Postmeeting Reaction Form—a method for
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allowing participants to assess their view of the group’s
effectiveness.
Progress Report on Group Interaction—a
method for measuring each group member’s perceptions of
a group meeting.
SelfCentered Roles of Discussants—a method
of recording which group members made comments that
were more self promoting than group promoting.
SocioEmotional Roles of Discussants—a
method of recording which group members made
comments that were more socially oriented. These
comments often build the group members’ feelings.
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Glossary
• Team Diagnostic Questionnaire—a method of
determining a group’s strengths and weaknesses from the
viewpoint of the group members.
• The Collaborative Team LeaderLeader
Version—a method for team leaders to assess their own
group leadership effectiveness.
• The Collaborative Team LeaderTeam
Version—a method for team members to assess their
group leader’s effectiveness.
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Observation Instruments
• All of us benefit from periodic observation
and feedback.
• The instruments that follow are designed to
structure your observations in such a way as
to help you learn more about how your
group is performing.
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Observation Instruments
• AllPurpose Discussion Rating Scale
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Source: From Galanes, Adams, and Brilhart, 2000, p. 263.
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Observation Instruments
• Interaction Diagram
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Source: From Wilson, 2002, pp. 29596.
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Observation Instruments
• Functional Task Roles of Discussants
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Source: From Wilson, 2002, p. 298. Based on K.D. Berne and P. Sheats (1948).
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Observation Instruments
• Functional SocioEmotional Roles of
Discussants
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Source: From Wilson, 2002, p. 301. Based on K.D. Berne and P. Sheats (1948).
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Observation Instruments
• SelfCentered Roles of Discussants
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Source: From Wilson, 2002, p. 301. Based on K.D. Berne and P. Sheats (1948).
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Observation Instruments
• Analyzing Group Process
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Source: From Huszczo, 1996, pp. 4748.
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Observation Instruments
• Team Diagnostic Questionnaire
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Source: From Huszczo, 1996, pp. 4345.
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Observation Instruments
• The Collaborative Team LeaderLeader
Version
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Source: From LaFasto and Larson, 2001, p. 151.
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Observation Instruments
• The Collaborative Team LeaderTeam
Version
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Source: From LaFasto and Larson, 2001, p. 153.
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Observation Instruments
• Postmeeting Reaction Form
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Source: From Galanes, Adams, and Brilhart, 2000, p. 267.
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Observation Instruments
• Participant Rating Scale Form
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Source: From Galanes, Adams, and Brilhart, 2000, p. 267.
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Observation Instruments
• Progress Report on Group Interaction
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The Systems Approach
• The most effective way to behave either as a
leader or as a participant in a group varies
with the type of group and the group’s
objectives.
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