Achieving consensus : tools and techniques / Jon Scott, Eileen Flanigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Jon, 1955-

Contributor:

Flanigan, Eileen.

Series:

Fifty-Minute series.

A fifty-minute series book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group decision making.

Consensus (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Place of Publication:

Menlo Park, Calif. : Crisp, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ability to work together, make decisions together, and implement them is critical for success in group activities.

Contents:

TITLE

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I Defining Consensus

WHAT IS CONSENSUS?

REACHING CONSENSUS IS LIKE TAKING A JOURNEY

HOW CONSENSUS FITS WITH OTHER DECISION STYLES

SOURCES OF DIFFICULTY

YOUR JOURNEY

PART II Your Role on the Road to Consensus

DECIDING WHAT TO PACK

TAKING INVENTORY

THINGS TO LEAVE BEHIND

FOCUS ON STRENGTHS, NOT WEAKNESSES

PART III Meeting to Achieve Consensus

YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE CONSENSUS BY YOURSELF

LET'S MAKE STEEL

ARE YOU A CONSENSUS MASTER?

PART IV Tools and Techniques

USING YOUR TOOL KIT

ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL OBSTACLES

YOUR ROLE

PART V More Tools and Techniques

USING YOUR TOOL KIT FOR DECISION OBSTACLES

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS

PART VI Arriving At Consensusville

WHERE YOU START YOUR JOURNEY IS NOT WHERE YOU END

WALKING THE TALK.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4175-2473-1

OCLC:

70751418