Matching Individuals to Form Effective Syndicate Groups

Abstract

Most management courses, these days, embody syndicate group exercises, discussions or projects of one sort or another. The division of a large group into sub‐committee or syndicates gives the advantage of a high level of participation in discussion plus the opportunity of considering and comparing different sets of findings. One of the tasks facing the trainer is to group course members in such a way that the syndicate composition provides for an effective working group. In some cases this will mean drawing together individuals with compatible personalities or similar “views of the world”, because the learning objectives are related to an expertise in technical or systems areas, such as work study or accountancy techniques.

Citation

Langham, M.J. and Jukes, A. (1977), "Matching Individuals to Form Effective Syndicate Groups", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 30-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014159