Furthermore, “any attempt to computerize the information collected is risky because that process gets in the way of reading, strategic thinking about and interpreting the material collected” (Coates, 2004, pg.28). Moreover, if team members define situations as real, they are real in their consequences’. As this political dynamic unfolds, it can be a major contributor to a team being unable to address the fundamental issues, and being diverted to the internal coalition building designed to retain the relative security of the status quo.
