The Small Group 2nd ed Author:Michael S. Olmsted & A. Paul hare Many of us concerned with the field of small-group research and its practical implications for our life today will be pleased to see this revision of Michael Olmsted's book, judiciously amplified and brought up to date by A. Paul Hare. Olmsted's book has several virtues that are still unrivaled, in my opinion. First it is a manageably small book... more » on an area that has become quite large by now, an area in which it has becoming increasingly difficult to see the forest for the trees, with dense thickets of facts that may entangle the optimistic explorer. It is important that explorers should not be discouraged, for they are the heirs to the field.« less