McGrath and the Behaviors of Groups (BOGs)

I don’t recall when I first read Joseph McGrath’s essay Time, Interaction, and Performance (TIP): A Theory of Groups. I wasn’t impressed. Introducing an acronym in the title? McGrath presented a typology of functions and modes of group behavior, accompanied by a fairly intricate theory. Jung, who introduced typologies into psychology, noted that a typology is not right or wrong, it is either useful or not. I didn’t see how to use McGrath’s typology.

Now I do.