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Chapter 4
Group Skills for Organizational
and Community Change
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Leadership and Leadership Skills (Slide 1 of 3)
• Understanding Conflict
• Identifying Targets for Change
• Inspiring Others
• Using Assertiveness
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Leadership and Leadership Skills (Slide 2 of 3)
• Employing Communication Skills
• Leading by Example
• Bringing New Perspectives
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Leadership and Leadership Skills (Slide 3 of 3)
• Using Self
• Understanding the Media
• Providing Leadership Skills in Task Groups
• Managing Conflict
• Distinguishing Leadership and Administration
• Employing Leadership and Power
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Networking
• Recognizing the Importance of Networking
• Clients Benefit from Informal Helping
Networks
• Networks Reach Out to Clients
• Networks Augment Formal Resources
• Networks Help Navigate Formal Systems
• Networks Help Workers Cope
• Networks: Mutual Aid
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Types of Networks are Dependent Upon:
• Type of Relationship Among Members
• Degree of Intimacy Shared by Members
• Difficulty Level of the Help Needed
• Size of the Network
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Potential Problems with Networks
• Professionals do not value the contributions of
informal networks
• Worker takes too much of a leadership role
within the client’s informal network
• Negative or dysfunctional relationships
developing within the network
• Failure to share relevant information with
network members
• Withdrawal of agency support for network
activities
• Worker issues with confidentiality
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Characteristics of Effective Teams
• Clear goals
• Structure & membership tied to goals
• Commitment of all members
• Collaborative climate
• Standards of excellence
• Information-based decision making
• External support & recognition
• Principled leadership
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Planning and Conducting Meetings (Slide 1 of 2)
• Plan Ahead
• Clarify Purpose and Establish Objectives
• Select Participants
• Select a Time and Place
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Planning and Conducting Meetings (Slide 2 of 2)
• Prepare an Agenda
• Start Meetings on Time
• State Ending Time at the Start
• Keep the Group on Target
• End the Meeting on Time
• Plan for Follow-Up Meetings
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Parliamentary Procedure
• Advantages and Disadvantages of
Parliamentary Procedure
• Basic Parliamentary Concepts
• Privileged Motions
• Incidental Motions
• Subsidiary Motions
• Main Motions
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Advocacy and Conflict
• Types of Conflict
• Interest/Commitment Conflict
• Induced Conflict
• Misattributed Conflict
• Data Conflicts
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Types of Conflict (continued)
• Structural Conflict
• Illusionary Conflict
• Displaced Conflict
• Expressive Conflict
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Conflict and Its Resolution
• The Pros of Conflict
• The Cons of Conflict
• Personal Styles for Addressing Conflict
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Steps in Conflict Resolution (Slide 1 of 2)
• Step 1: The Confrontation
• Step 2: Establish Common Ground
• Step 3: Emphasize the Importance of
Communication
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Steps in Conflict Resolution (Slide 2 of 2)
• Step 4: Emphasize Your Willingness to
Cooperate
• Step 5: Emphasize with Your Opponent’s
Perspective
• Step 6: Evaluate Both Your Own and Your
Opponent’s Motivation to Address the
Conflict
• Step 7: Come to Some Mutually Satisfactory
Agreement
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Advanced Conflict Management: Guidelines and
Strategies
• Focusing on Power
• Forestalling or Sidestepping Conflict
• Generating Conflict
• Conflict Management by Covert Means
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More Specific Tactics
• Negativism and noncompliance with rules
• Stonewalling
• Deceit or deception
• Emotional Extortion
• Divide and conquer
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• Conflict Management by Emergent
Agreement
• Conflict Management by Coactive Disputation
• Conflict Management by Negotiated
Agreement
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• Conflict Management by Indirect Means or
Procedural Measures
• Conflict Management by Exercise of
Authority/Power

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    1 Chapter 4 Group Skillsfor Organizational and Community Change Copyright © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.
  • 2.
    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 2 Leadership and Leadership Skills (Slide 1 of 3) • Understanding Conflict • Identifying Targets for Change • Inspiring Others • Using Assertiveness
  • 3.
    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 3 Leadership and Leadership Skills (Slide 2 of 3) • Employing Communication Skills • Leading by Example • Bringing New Perspectives
  • 4.
    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 4 Leadership and Leadership Skills (Slide 3 of 3) • Using Self • Understanding the Media • Providing Leadership Skills in Task Groups • Managing Conflict • Distinguishing Leadership and Administration • Employing Leadership and Power
  • 5.
    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 5 Networking • Recognizing the Importance of Networking • Clients Benefit from Informal Helping Networks • Networks Reach Out to Clients • Networks Augment Formal Resources • Networks Help Navigate Formal Systems • Networks Help Workers Cope • Networks: Mutual Aid
  • 6.
    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 6 Types of Networks are Dependent Upon: • Type of Relationship Among Members • Degree of Intimacy Shared by Members • Difficulty Level of the Help Needed • Size of the Network
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 7 Potential Problems with Networks • Professionals do not value the contributions of informal networks • Worker takes too much of a leadership role within the client’s informal network • Negative or dysfunctional relationships developing within the network • Failure to share relevant information with network members • Withdrawal of agency support for network activities • Worker issues with confidentiality
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 8 Characteristics of Effective Teams • Clear goals • Structure & membership tied to goals • Commitment of all members • Collaborative climate • Standards of excellence • Information-based decision making • External support & recognition • Principled leadership
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 9 Planning and Conducting Meetings (Slide 1 of 2) • Plan Ahead • Clarify Purpose and Establish Objectives • Select Participants • Select a Time and Place
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 10 Planning and Conducting Meetings (Slide 2 of 2) • Prepare an Agenda • Start Meetings on Time • State Ending Time at the Start • Keep the Group on Target • End the Meeting on Time • Plan for Follow-Up Meetings
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 11 Parliamentary Procedure • Advantages and Disadvantages of Parliamentary Procedure • Basic Parliamentary Concepts • Privileged Motions • Incidental Motions • Subsidiary Motions • Main Motions
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 12 Advocacy and Conflict • Types of Conflict • Interest/Commitment Conflict • Induced Conflict • Misattributed Conflict • Data Conflicts
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 13 Types of Conflict (continued) • Structural Conflict • Illusionary Conflict • Displaced Conflict • Expressive Conflict
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 14 Conflict and Its Resolution • The Pros of Conflict • The Cons of Conflict • Personal Styles for Addressing Conflict
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 15 Steps in Conflict Resolution (Slide 1 of 2) • Step 1: The Confrontation • Step 2: Establish Common Ground • Step 3: Emphasize the Importance of Communication
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 16 Steps in Conflict Resolution (Slide 2 of 2) • Step 4: Emphasize Your Willingness to Cooperate • Step 5: Emphasize with Your Opponent’s Perspective • Step 6: Evaluate Both Your Own and Your Opponent’s Motivation to Address the Conflict • Step 7: Come to Some Mutually Satisfactory Agreement
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 17 Advanced Conflict Management: Guidelines and Strategies • Focusing on Power • Forestalling or Sidestepping Conflict • Generating Conflict • Conflict Management by Covert Means
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 18 More Specific Tactics • Negativism and noncompliance with rules • Stonewalling • Deceit or deception • Emotional Extortion • Divide and conquer
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 19 • Conflict Management by Emergent Agreement • Conflict Management by Coactive Disputation • Conflict Management by Negotiated Agreement
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    Copyright © 2018Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 20 • Conflict Management by Indirect Means or Procedural Measures • Conflict Management by Exercise of Authority/Power