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Group leadership skills / Carolyn Chambers Clark.

Holman Biotech Commons RT89 .C56 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Clark, Carolyn Chambers.
Contributor:
Clark, Carolyn Chambers.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nursing services--Administration.
Nursing services.
Leadership.
Small groups.
Group Processes.
Medical Subjects:
Leadership.
Group Processes.
Physical Description:
xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Springer Pub., [2003]
Contents:
Groups Are Important 1
The Group and Systems Theory 2
Types of Groups 3
Concerns of All Group Leaders 8
Qualities of an Effective Group Leader 9
Effective and Ineffective Groups 12
Ways of Learning About Group Function 13
2. Basic Group Concepts and Process 21
Group Process Theories and Research 21
Group Content and Process 26
Tension and Anxiety in the Group 28
Group Conflict 32
Group Apathy 50
Norms and Cohesiveness 51
Themes 53
3. Working to Achieve Group Goals 62
Phases of Group Movement 62
Decision Making and Problem Solving 66
Leadership Skills 72
Team Building and Cohesiveness 75
Planned Change 81
4. Special Group Problems 98
Monopolizing 98
Scapegoating 100
Silence 101
New Members 102
Transference and Countertransference 103
Physical Aggression 104
Nonverbal Groups or Group Members 106
Absences 107
Manipulation 108
5. Beginning, Guiding, and Terminating the Group 113
Premeeting Preparation 113
Early Group Meetings 121
Guiding the Group 129
Terminating the Group 132
6. Supervision of Group Leaders and Coleadership 142
Supervision 142
Coleadership 150
7. Behavioral Approaches for Group Leaders 159
Assertiveness 160
Changing Unwanted Habits 160
Increasing Cooperative Behaviors 161
Working with Parents 165
8. Recording and Analyzing Group Process 173
Recording Methods 173
The Group Recording Guide 176
Using Recordings 184
Sample Recordings and Evaluations 186
9. Groups for the Older Adult 206
The Older Adult Population Grows 206
Therapeutic Group Work with the Older Depressed Adult 207
Reality Orientation 210
Remotivation Therapy 211
Health Promotion Groups 212
Writing Groups in Nursing Homes 215
Guided Autobiography with Older Adults 217
Creative Communication Groups 218
Leadership Training for the Retired 219
Life Review Groups 221
10. Working with Focal Groups 226
Codependency Groups 226
Focal Groups for Specific Problems or Conditions 228
Focus Groups 250
Focus Group Research 261
11. When the Organization is the Group 270
The Highly Creative Organization 270
Diagnosing Organizational Systems 271
Organizational Interventions 272
Conducting Interactions and "Doings" 275
Lead from Within 283
Power and Politics in Organizations 284
Healing Betrayal of Trust 286
12. When the Community is the Group 288
Community Organization 288
A Wellness View of Community 289
Community Assessment 298
Examples of Community Organization Efforts and Research 300.
Notes:
Rev. ed. of: The nurse as group leader / Carolyn Clark Chambers. 3rd ed. 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0826123341
OCLC:
50802488

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