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Williams, R. Bruce – 1993
In today's workplace, organizations are moving from top-down, hierarchical decision making to team decisions based on consensus. This guide offers advice on setting the stage for team consensus to grow and on establishing an environment that fosters consensus. Topics of the four sections, the components of full consensus, are: (1) "Purposeful…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Group Dynamics
Download full textCarlisle, Lynn; Lesniak, Pat – 1988
This document presents one module in a set of training resources for trainers to use with parents and/or professionals serving children with disabilities; focus is on community advisory committee leadership training. The modules stress content and activities that build skills and offer resources to promote parent-professional collaboration. Each…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Ulrich, James F., Jr. – 1988
This packet contains materials, process guidelines, discussion questions, and suggestions that serve as a guide for a 3-hour training session on the topic of organizational culture for groups of from 7 to 21 (or more) adults. During the training session, participants simulate organizational behaviors following three different sets of cultural…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Interaction Process Analysis
Mount, Beth; Zwernik, Kay – 1990
This workbook is designed for people interested in facilitating Personal Futures Planning, a person-centered creative planning process designed to help people craft a life of meaning and contribution for a person with developmental disabilities. The facilitator of the Futures Planning process organizes a group to listen to the dreams and desires…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Lukco, Bernard J.; Ellis, Richard A. – 1982
This 11-part monograph is designed to assist individuals in selecting appropriate citizen participation methods and in developing a better understanding of the decision-making process. The first section offers an historical perspective of public participation and defines its current status. The next seven sections present several…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Coordination, Decision Making, Environmental Standards
Bishop, Meg; Gibson, Graeme – 1999
This guide is intended for individuals and groups who are interested in developing resource material for highly participatory, small, democratic adult discussion groups that are based soundly on adult learning principles. Suggestions are provided for preparing learning circle material that will be balanced, authoritative, and help people in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Curriculum Design
