--On onsdag, september 21, 2005 16:51:40 -0400 Melinda Shore
<mshore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm unclear on what specific problems you think that adding
a new area would introduce. I'm not sure how big "too big"
is in this case. I've been involved with a number of
consensus-based organizations in the past, and have found that
the decision-making process breaks down at between 20
and 25 participants.
The two traditional breakpoints I've heard of in group dynamics are
somewhere around seven and somewhere around 25 - around seven, you stop
being able to have a discussion with everyone engaged at the same time; at
25, you stop being able to do anything cooperative, and have to resort to
"controlled" groups - basically, you switch to "lecture with questions"
mode.
Disclaimer: I never knew much about the area, and I have forgotten most of
what I learned.
Harald
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