GROUP TASK ROLES

 Initiator-contributor

 Suggests or proposes

 Information seeker

 Asks for clarification of information and facts

 Opinion seeker

 Asks for clarification values

 Information giver

 Offers "authoritative" facts

 Opinion Giver

 States belief or opinion

 Elaborator

 Spells out suggestions

 Coordinator

 Shows or clarifies relationships

 Orienteer

 Defines position

 Evaluator-critic

 Subjects the group's accomplishments to some standard

 Procedural technician

 Expedites group movement

 RECORDER

 Writes down the "group memory"

Source: Kenneth Benne, Human Relations in Curriculum Change

© Institution for Authority Research, Dean Gotcher 1997-2015