1. The book and lectures pointed out that there are advantages and disadvantages associated
with working in groups. Do you believe that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
or that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages? Why? Be sure to include at
Small Group Final Study Guide:
Chapter 6: Improving Group Climate
Gibbs Categories
Evaluation vs. Description
Evaluation: putting down an idea. You language, questions the persons worth and the worth of
their ideas. Can provoke defensiveness
Description:
Small Group Communication Mid-Term Notes
Introduction to Group Communication:
Group hate: general anxiety about working in groups
In a company group meetings are valuable but expensive
o Advantages
Learning, commitment, more creative
o Disadvantages
So
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