1. June 29
‣ quiz
‣ group decision making
‣ structured problem solving
‣ narrowing down the topic
‣ writing a research question

2. group dialectics
individual goals group goals
conflict cohesion
conforming nonconforming
task work maintenance work
homogeneous heterogeneous
leadership followership
structure spontaneity
engaged disengaged

3. group
decision making
‣ decision making
vs
problem solving

4. group
decision making
‣ decision making methods
‣ voting
‣ consensus seeking
‣ authority rule

5. group
decision making
‣ decision making questions
‣ questions of fact
‣ questions of conjecture
‣ questions of value
‣ questions of policy

6. group
decision making
‣ decision making styles
‣ rational
‣ intuitive
‣ dependent
‣ avoidant
‣ spontaneous

7. standard agenda
‣ task clarification
‣ problem identification
‣ fact finding
‣ solution criteria
‣ solution suggestions
‣ solutionevaluation and
selection
‣ solution implementation

8. 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

9. narrowing down
your topic
‣ web / fishbone diagram

10. what is a
problem?
‣ undesired situation
‣ desired situation
‣ obstacles

11. 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?