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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... given above. At the same time, group work was one ofthe very first ofwhat may now be termed the “process disciplines.” Groups' processes are intangible (though their products may not be), and perhaps for this reason expertise in group ...
... given time.A much larger proportion is involved in groups at work, in neighborhood organizations, or religious congregations. In order to influence large numbers of people, those who work with groups need to develop the skills needed to ...
... given a year to prepare and present both its report and its plan.The office of the mayor has made a budget available, and staff services will be provided by a staff member on loan from the City Planning Department, Mary Ann O'Brian.The ...
... given that some members have been part of the group for many years and others have not? . How much ofwhat goes on in this group may be expected to be setting specific, that is, a result of the fact that it is a group of chiefs of ...
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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 |