Group Techniques for Program Planning: A Guide to Nominal Groups and Delphi Process

by Andre L. Delbecq

University of Santa Clara

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Carlson School of Management

University of Minnesota

David H. Gustafson

University of Wisconsin

www Reprint: http://umn.edu/~avandeve

Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota, 2004.

Originally Published by Scott Foresman Company Glenview, Illinois, 1975. Reprinted by Green Briar Press, Middleton, Wisconsin, 1986.

© Andre L. Delbecq. All Rights Reserved.

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Contents

Foreword/Contents

Chapter 1 - Group Decision Making in Modern Organizations

Chapter 2 - Profile of Small Group Decision Making

Chapter 3 - Guidelines for Conducting NGT Meeting

Chapter 4 - The Delphi Technique

Chapter 5 - Applying NGT in Planning Situations

Appendix & Index