Title :
Experimental research about matching relationship between group size and communication mode in group decision-making
Author :
Duan, Ying ; Chen, Lei
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Mech. Eng., Chong Qing Univ., Chong Qing, China
Abstract :
The matching relationship between group size and communication modes is investigated in this paper. Three teams of students whose average age is 21 years old, and each team is divided into several groups with 3 to 17 persons respectively to take the experiment for an intellectual task, by means of two communication modes of FTF and CM. Quality of schemes created by different groups have been compared, the result shows that group in FTF mode can create better scheme than in CM mode when the group size is smaller (n≤7), and turns reversal when the group size is larger (n≥11).
Keywords :
computer mediated communication; decision making; team working; CM mode; FTF mode; communication mode; computer mediated communication mode; face to face communication mode; group decision making; group size; intellectual task; matching relationship; Atmospheric measurements; Computers; Decision making; Educational institutions; Humans; Particle measurements; Psychology; communication mode; group decision; group size;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2011 IEEE 18Th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changchun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-446-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEEM.2011.6035119
