Functional Theory of Group Decision Quality

Brittany Ladd

WORK TOGETHER..NO TIME FOR MONKEYING AROUND!!!

What is it???THIS THEORY IS A UNIFIED AND COHERENTSET OF PROPOSTIONS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND CLAIMS THAT ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY COMMUNICATION ISRELATED TO THE QUALITY OFTHE DECISIONS GROUPS MAKE!

Would you have ever guessed……..

…….has been very influential in guiding researchers’ views about how communication affects group decision making AND how communication might be structured to increase the likelihood that groups will arrive at HIGH QUALITY DECISIONS!

THIS THEORY………….

Who uses it?????

BUSINESSNESS, THE GOVERNMENT, SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES, ETC…

THE FUNCTIONAL THEORY OF GROUP DECISION QUALITY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUNICAITION WORLD..

Groups who study this theory want to know if decisions reached were good or bad!!

The issue of group decision quality is the focus of Hirokawa’s functional theory. The principles of this theory involve the communication characteristics of group interaction that lead to QUALITY DECISIONS.

IN THE COMMUNICATION WORLD

HIROKAWA’S FUNCTION THEORY MAINTAINS THAT A GROUP NEEDS TO FULFILL THESE 4 CRITICAL FUNCTIONS TO REACH A HIGH-QUALITY DECISION…

Achieving a thorough understanding of the problem that requires a decisionDiscovering a range of realistic possible solutionsIdentifying the criteria for a high quality decisionLAST BUT NOT LEAST..Assessing the positive and negative consequences of possible solutions to select the solution with the most desirable consequences

CRITICISM

CRITICIZED on the broader context in which group members conduct their work…

Groups are texting and communicating in the hallway, rather than in a group setting with the entire group

This communication is not accounted for!

NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS…

Groups should work together to arise at the best possible solution to their problems!!!