Humanitas: Indonesian Psychological Journal
Vol 10, No 2: Agustus 2013

PENGARUHGROUP SIZE TERHADAP PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN KELOMPOK Diah

Diah Nurayu Kusumawardani (Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Indonesia Kampus Baru UI - Depok 16424, Indonesia)
Joevarian Joevarian (Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Indonesia Kampus Baru UI - Depok 16424, Indonesia)
Nezza Nehemiah (Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Indonesia Kampus Baru UI - Depok 16424, Indonesia)
Pramwidya Mazmur Novia (Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Indonesia Kampus Baru UI - Depok 16424, Indonesia)
Putu Widiastiti Giri (Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Indonesia Kampus Baru UI - Depok 16424, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Aug 2013

Abstract

AbstractPeople have to deal with problems on a daily basis. Problems mayappear both at the individual level and at the group level. Effective methods to deal with problems become essential. This paper questons ‘Does the number of people in a single group matter in effective problem solving? Previous studies have shown inconsistencies of results. This paper aims to find a cause-effect relationship between group size and the effectivity of problem solving wthin the group. There are two types of experimentalgroups with the total of 16 groups. The first eight consists of 4 people and the latter consists of 8 people within a group. One-tailed hypothesis stated that groups of 4 will perform better than groups of 8. Every group was given a same case to be solved. While the observed group dynamics differences existed, the results showed that the group of 4 is no better than the groups of 8 in terms of decision making effectivity. The results, will befurther discussed.Key word: Group Dynamic, Group Size, Decision Making Effectiveness

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Journal Info

Abbrev

HUMANITAS

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

HUMANITAS (ISSN: 1693-7236) focuses on psychology research and cover all branch of psychology sciences. This journal is peer-review. Jurnal Humanitas berfokus pada penelitian psikologi and mencakup semua cabang ilmu psikologi. Jurnal ini merupakan jurnal ...