The decision making process is a norm that may be decided by a group leader or by the group members as a whole lets look at four common ways of making decisions in groups to make it simple we will again use a continuum as a way to visualize the various options groups have for making decisions. Part i introduction chapter 1 introduction communication and group decision making chapter 2 remembering and re membering a history of theory and research on communication and group decision making part ii theories chapter 3 functional theory and communication in decision making and problem solving groups an expanded view chapter 4 symbolic convergence theory and communication . This article advances the general argument that the importance of communicationfor group decision making performance and its impact on such performance are a function of three task characteristics structure information requirement and evaluation demand. A group making a decision by electronic communication works in a different physical and social situation where each of the above rules is absent or different first electronic communication helps people cross barriers of space and time so they can exchange information whatever their location and whenever they want to communicate