Stranded in the Nyiri Desert: A Group Case Study

Aimée A. Kane and Mercy Shitemi,1 Duquesne University

1 Adapted from D. R. Johnson and F. P. Johnson, “Stranded in the Desert,” Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, 10th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2008). 332.

The Situation

You are part of a group of students participating in a study abroad program in Kenya. As a reward for exemplary performance, your group has been treated to a bus tour of the Nyiri Desert, which encompasses Amboseli National Park. It is the middle of August. You have been driving on a dirt road, far from the main road, to visit a local Maasai community. At about 11 a.m. the driver of your bus veers off the road to avoid hitting a wildebeest. The bus overturns, ...

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