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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... behaviors of their own members but rather form in order to generate some external product, develop policies, or participate in decisionmaking processes. It is this focus on producing or influencing something external to itself that ...
... behavioral scientists seeking refuge from the horrors ofNazi Europe brought to this country a concern with teaching democracy at the grass roots. It was natural that many, including especially Kurt Lewin ( ), emphasized the ...
... behavior. b. Sexuality primarily viewed as a means of establishing, maintaining, and changing relationships and as a means of selfexpression. c. The entry of more women in the workforce with higher levels of education and acceptance ...
... behaviors are to be permitted and which not permitted, which outcomes should be considered successes and which failures, and often other matters as well (Shulman, ;Schwartz, ). In this book, we are concerned with working ...
... behaviors in chapter , contracting is such a basic process that some preliminary thoughts are in order.The contract as an agreement does not carry quite the force ofa legal document.As a working framework, however, it spells out the ...
Contents
1 | |
12 | |
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 |