Background to Team Syntegrity

Background to Team Syntegrity

by Allenna D. Leonard, Ph.D.

Abstract

Team Syntegrity is a group process which facilitates team building, innovation and planning developed by Stafford Beer. The process is designed to be non-hierarchical so that communication can be open and synergy can be captured.

The freedom to explore content is contained in a protocol which depends on tight schedules and rigorous interconnections. This paper describes the process and indicates areas for further research.

Key Words

team syntegrity, Stafford Beer, group process, planning protocols, non-hierarchical process, team building, icosahedron.

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Key Texts

A. Bavelas, 1952, "Communication patterns in problem groups." Cybernetics: Transactions of the Eighth Conference. New York: Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

S. Beer. 1994, Beyond Dispute: the Invention of Team Syntegrity. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.



		Background to Team Syntegrity by Allenna D. Leonard, Ph.D. Abstract Team Syntegrity is a group process which facilitates team building, innovation and planning developed by Stafford Beer. The process is designed to be non-hierarchical so that communication can be open and synergy can be captured. The freedom to explore content is contained in a protocol which depends on tight schedules and rigorous interconnections. This paper describes the process and indicates areas for further research. Key Words team syntegrity, Stafford Beer, group process, planning protocols, non-hierarchical process, team building, icosahedron. DownLoad Key Texts A. Bavelas, 1952, "Communication patterns in problem groups." Cybernetics: Transactions of the Eighth Conference. New York: Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. S. Beer. 1994, Beyond Dispute: the Invention of Team Syntegrity. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
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