The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups

How They Are Difficult, Why They Are Difficult and What You Can Do About It

Business & Finance, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Organizational Behavior
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Author: Sandy Schuman ISBN: 9780470594124
Publisher: Wiley Publication: March 18, 2010
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Language: English
Author: Sandy Schuman
ISBN: 9780470594124
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: March 18, 2010
Imprint: Jossey-Bass
Language: English

WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED the challenges associated with working with groups, but The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups turns the idea of "difficult groups" on its head. Rather than view groups as inherently difficult, it looks at the factors that make working with groups difficult. Individual chapters focus on challenges such as involving dissenters, building external perspectives, reducing complaining, adapting to cultural differences, incorporating diversity, facilitating inclusion, working virtually, resolving identity-based conflict, transforming unproductive behavior patterns, preventing workplace harassment, and strengthening accountability.

The book first provides a framework for thinking systemically about the many and varied ways in which working with a group can be difficult. Building on that framework, the contributors each address three basic issues:

  • How the group is difficult—a description of a real group and the observable phenomena that reflect the group's difficulty.
  • Why the group is difficult—an exploration of the underlying causes of the difficulty.
  • What you can do about it—what you can do as a group facilitator, leader, or member to help the group.
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WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED the challenges associated with working with groups, but The Handbook for Working with Difficult Groups turns the idea of "difficult groups" on its head. Rather than view groups as inherently difficult, it looks at the factors that make working with groups difficult. Individual chapters focus on challenges such as involving dissenters, building external perspectives, reducing complaining, adapting to cultural differences, incorporating diversity, facilitating inclusion, working virtually, resolving identity-based conflict, transforming unproductive behavior patterns, preventing workplace harassment, and strengthening accountability.

The book first provides a framework for thinking systemically about the many and varied ways in which working with a group can be difficult. Building on that framework, the contributors each address three basic issues:

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