Assigning Groups to Tasks

Question 1

Describe Steiner’s model of productivity

Answer 1

Actual productivity = potential productivity - losses due to faulty group processes

Question 2

What are the types of losses attributable to faulty group processes?

Answer 2

Coordination losses: timing

Motivation losses: members do not give 100%

Question 3

What effect does group size have on actual productivity?

Answer 3

Small group: less losses due to faulty group processes
Big group: higher potential productivity but more losses
Inverted U shape graph

Question 4

What is group polarisation?

Answer 4

Shift in attitude that occurs following group interactions and communication to a more extreme view