Groups That Work: Structure and ProcessSocial workers, planners, health professionals, and human-service administrators spend much of their time in meetings, working in and with groups. What meaning does participation in these groups have for members? Some of the events that are most important for members of the various professions, and those whom they serve, take place within these groups. Health and human services depend upon their working groups for their development and allocation of resources, their standards of quality, and the evaluation of their success or failure. In short, these groups are relied upon to come up with creative solutions to complex problems. |
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Contents
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3 Toward a Model of Working Groups | 27 |
4 The Democratic Microcosm | 43 |
Benchmarks and Guideposts | 53 |
6 Leadership in Working Groups | 68 |
7 Leadership and Contexts | 87 |
8 Problem Solving and Decision Making | 97 |
11 Organizational Settings and Styles | 141 |
12 Technologies for Group Maintenance Operation and Productivity | 160 |
13 Recurring Problems in Groups and Suggested Staff Responses | 183 |
14 Perspectives for Professional Practice with Working Groups | 195 |
Population of SelfDescriptive QSort Statements | 209 |
Notes | 215 |
Bibliography | 217 |
Index | 229 |