As the use of Committees is such a fundamental part of work in large-scale organisations their composition
is of interest to all organisation members who will participate in them as well as those who will create
them. This paper offers the view that committees should not be set up with a minority of one woman or one
man as a member. That this is bad management practice can be shown from the following research findings
in psychology and sociology.
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