Developmental Patterns of Organizational Task Groups: A Preliminary Study
针对组织任务小组发展研究的方法论困难，设计并执行了一项初步研究，通过发展评定量表验证了已有的任务小组发展模型，并辅以临床观察。
The lack of research on organizational task group development is considered in the light of methodological difficulties, including group availability, threats to internal and external validity, and limitations of the existing research technology. Possible benefits from such research are compared to the difficulties. From this discussion a design for preliminary research more closely approaching the conditions of the organizational task group is developed and executed. This research tests and confirms a previously published model of task group development through the use of a Developmental Rating Scale. Clinical observations of the groups are used to supplement the conclusion of the study. The need for continued research in successive approximations of organizational task groups is suggested.