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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: comparative study of group problem-solving techniques
  name:
    name part: Shafai, Jena
    name part: 1960-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Beals, Robert P.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Fox, Milden J.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Johnston, Waymon L.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Smith, August W.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1989
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 235 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: Problem solving and decision making by groups has become increasingly popular in recent years as a means of reaching solutions that are more optimal, more creative, and more acceptable to the many individuals affected by those solutions. The objective of this research was to study five group problem-solving techniques that have been successfully used to aid decision makers in arriving at solutions through structured, creative processes rather than by informal, trial-and-error approaches. The five techniques that were focused in this research are: the Nominal Group Technique, the Delphi, Value Engineering, the Crawford Slip Method, and Synectics. The research procedure involved the design and distribution of a questionnaire to recognized practitioners of the five techniques. The questionnaire covered factors that contribute to the capabilities and limitations of each technique, such as: functional areas of use, problem scope, training requirements, time and cost considerations. The questionnaires returned from the respondents were analyzed and the comparative results and findings were documented in a manner that will aid decision-makers contemplating the use of these techniques to choose the one that is most appropriate for their particular application.
  note: by Jena Shafai.
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major subject: Industrial Engineering."
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1989
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    topic: Group problem solving
  subject:
    topic: Group decision making
  subject:
    topic: Delphi method
  subject:
    topic: Value analysis (Cost control)
  subject:
    topic: Delphi method
  subject:
    topic: Group decision making
  subject:
    topic: Group problem solving
  subject:
    topic: Value analysis (Cost control)
  subject:
    topic: Industrial Engineering
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 901022
    record change date: 20200904152454.0
    record identifier: in00000933977
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng