Demystifying facilitation: A new approach to investigating the role of facilitation in group decision support processes

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

Volumn 274, Issue , 2017, Pages 69-86

  Yearworth, Mike ^a   White, Leroy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnomethodology; Facilitation; Group decision and negotiation (GDN); Group decision support; Group model building; Group support systems (GSS); Journey making; Problem structuring methods (PSMs)

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODEL BUILDINGS;

ETHNOMETHODOLOGY; FACILITATION; GROUP DECISION; GROUP DECISION SUPPORTS; GROUP MODEL BUILDING; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; JOURNEY MAKING; PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS;

GROUP THEORY;

EID: 85011965997     PISSN: 18651348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52624-9_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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