Breaking Robert's rules : the new way to run your meeting, build consensus, and get results / / Lawrence E. Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Susskind Lawrence
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 222 p. )
• Disciplina: 060.4/2
• Soggetto topico: Group decision making; Consensus (Social sciences); Conflict management
• Altri autori: CruikshankJeffrey L
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Why break Robert's rules? -- What is consensus? -- Getting the right people to the table -- Assigning tasks and leadership responsibilities -- The importance of facilitation -- Confirming that agreement has been reached -- Crafting "nearly self-enforcing" agreements -- Overcoming the barriers to CBA -- Step 1: Convening -- Step 2: Assigning roles and responsibilities -- Step 3: Facilitating group problem-solving -- Step 4: Reaching agreement -- Step 5: Holding parties to their commitments.
• Sommario/riassunto: Every day in communities across America, hundreds of committees, boards, church groups, and social clubs hold meetings where they spend their time engaged in shouting matches and acrimonious debate. This book outlines the five key steps toward consensus building, and addresses the specific problems that often get in the way of a group's progress.
• Titolo autorizzato: Breaking Robert's rules
• ISBN: 1-280-56446-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810290803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II