Essay D assignment:

From the cases of performing groups in part 4 of Hackman,

1. Choose a specific example in which familiarity among members either (a) helped or (b) hindered group functioning. Explain whether the effect of familiarity in this example is (a) consistent with or (b) inconsistent with a particular finding or claim in one of the packet readings for this week.

2. Choose a specific example (from a DIFFERENT case than your first example) in which diversity in knowledge, skills, or demographic attributes (gender, age, race, culture) either (a) helped or (b) hindered group functioning. Explain whether the effect of diversity in this example is (a) consistent with or (b) inconsistent with a particular finding or claim in one of the packet readings for this week.