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Small Group Overview (Advantages and Disadvantages of Small Groups (Group…

- - - - Autocratic leaders set policies and make decisions primarily on their own, taking advantage of the power present in their title or status to set the agenda for the group.
        
        Democratic leaders facilitate group discussion and like to take input from all members before making a decision.
        
        Laissez-faire leaders take a “hands-off” approach, preferring to give group members freedom to reach and implement their own decisions.
- - - - Evaluation of ideas is forbidden.
      - Wild and crazy ideas are encouraged.
      - Quantity of ideas, not quality, is the goal.
      - New combinations of ideas presented are encouraged.
- - - - White hat. Objective—focuses on seeking information such as data and facts and then processes that information in a neutral way.
      - Red hat. Emotional—uses intuition, gut reactions, and feelings to judge information and suggestions.
      - Black hat. Negative—focuses on potential risks, points out possibilities for failure, and evaluates information cautiously and defensively.
      - Yellow hat. Positive—is optimistic about suggestions and future outcomes, gives constructive and positive feedback, points out benefits and advantages.
      - Green hat. Creative—tries to generate new ideas and solutions, thinks “outside the box.”
      - Blue hat. Philosophical—uses metacommunication to organize and reflect on the thinking and communication taking place in the group, facilitates who wears what hat and when group members change hats.
- - - - formed to promote interpersonal connections and are more focused on quality interactions that contribute to the well-being of group members.
    - - formed to solve a problem, promote a cause, or generate ideas or information. In such groups.
- - - - Step 1: Define the Problem
        
        Define the problem by considering the three elements shared by every problem: the current undesirable situation, the goal or more desirable situation, and obstacles in the way.
      - Step 2: Analyze the Problem
        
        During this step a group should analyze the problem and the group’s relationship to the problem. Whereas the first step involved exploring the “what” related to the problem, this step focuses on the “why.” At this stage, group members can discuss the potential causes of the difficulty.
      - Step 3: Generate Possible Solutions
        
        During this step, group members generate possible solutions to the problem. Again, solutions should not be evaluated at this point, only proposed and clarified. The question should be what could we do to address this problem, not what should we do to address it.
      - Step 4: Evaluate Solutions
        
        During this step, solutions can be critically evaluated based on their credibility, completeness, and worth. Once the potential solutions have been narrowed based on more obvious differences in relevance and/or merit, the group should analyze each solution based on its potential effects—especially negative effects.
      - Step 5: Implement and Assess the Solution
        
        Implementing the solution requires some advanced planning, and it should not be rushed unless the group is operating under strict time restraints or delay may lead to some kind of harm.