Research

= **Group Inputs** =

Inputs

 * Tasks
 * Goals, rewards, resources
 * Technology
 * Membership diversity
 * Group Size

Throughputs

 * Group Process
 * The way members work together

Outputs

 * Task performance
 * Member satisfaction
 * Team viability

= **Two Theories** =


 * 1) ===Diversity-Consensus Dilemma===
 * The tendency for diversity in groups to create process difficulties even as it offers improved potential for problem solving.
 * 1) ===FIRO-B theory===
 * Examines differences in how people relate to one another based on their needs to express and receive feelings of inclusion, control, and affection.

=__ Applied To __=
 * Cirque Du Soleil
 * They have a very diverse work force.
 * Jean-Sebastien\ Project Manager, Props - Production: " Working at Cirque means working with people from all over the world, working with people from some thirty, or even sixty, different countries. We find common ways of communicating and working together. But we still work with people who, a week ago were in China, Russia or in a small village in South America. And yet we all end up in the same place with the same goal to create a show. In fact, it's part of the essence of Cirque to bring people from all over the world together."