The Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement

ISBN-13: 9780761908449 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 1176 str.

Lawrence E. Susskind; Lawrence Susskind; Sarah McKearnan

Opis

This practical guide for group decision-making is designed for people and organizations wishing to operate on a consensus basis. The handbook: stresses the advantages of informal, common sense approaches to working together; describes how any group can put these approaches into practice; and relates numerous examples of situations in which such approaches have been applied. Part One focuses on establishing the ground rules for making decisions and running an organization on a consensual basis. Part Two consists of 17 chapters which describe the various phases, facets and forms of consensus building. Part Three contains 17 case studies - cross referenced to the chapters in Part Two - which illustrate the many applications of, and variations to, consensus building. The cases are accompanied by commentaries.