Things to Try: Activities

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    Consider a group to which you belong—your communication class, your family, your religious community, and so on. Draw a chart that depicts members of the group and the patterns of communication among them. What kind of network does the group most closely resemble?
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    Consider the adjourning phase of group development for a group you were part of that disbanded—Scouts, a sports team, the school newspaper staff—and think about what aspects of the group made for the hardest good-bye from the group. Are high-performing groups hardest to leave? Groups with the clearest established norms? What sorts of closing rituals have you experienced?
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