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Manufacturing (otherwise known as
3M, inventors of the Post-it), and asked
them to participate in both solitary and
group brainstorming sessions. Dunnette
was confident that the executives
would benefit from the group process.
He was less sure that the research scientists,
whom he considered more introverted,
would profit from group
work.
Dunnette divided each set of fortyeight
men into twelve groups of four.
Each foursome was given a problem to
brainstorm, such as the benefits or difficulties
that would arise from being
born with an extra thumb. Each man
was also given a similar problem to
brainstorm on his own. Then Dunnette
and his team counted all the ideas,
comparing those produced by the
groups with those generated by people
working individually. In order to
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