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Survival in groups : the basics of group membership

Title
Survival in groups : the basics of group membership / Tom Douglas.
Author
Douglas, Tom.
Publication
Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1995.

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Description
167 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Survival in Groups examines the influences and pressures which can exist in groups and explains what to look for in order to see these factors at work. It stresses the fact that the ability to see the processes of a group in action can enable group members to make consciously directed contributions to the group based on an understanding of what is involved. The final chapters discuss methods of integrating personal learning about group outcomes. Illustrated throughout with practice-based examples, Survival in Groups is aimed at the many students of social work, counselling, nursing and social care who are required to participate in groups, but who are unclear about what this involves. With its summaries, lists of basic concepts and brief annotated bibliography, the book will also be of use to busy professionals in the social care field where teamwork or groupwork is emphasized.
Subject
  • Small groups
  • Collective behavior
  • Communication
  • Social groups
  • Misinformation
  • Communication
  • Group Processes
  • Mass Behavior
  • Social groups
  • Collective behavior
  • Small groups
  • Kleine groepen
  • Groepsdynamica
  • Groupes, Petits
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Comportement collectif
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The book: aims, bases and uses -- 2. Groups -- what are they? -- 3. Different ways of 'seeing' groups: explanations and theories -- 4. What goes on in groups: a look at 'processes' -- 5. The influences at work in a group -- 6. Presentation, perception, communication, differences and resources -- 7. Surviving in groups -- 8. The rewards, costs and dangers of group membership -- 9. Affecting group outcomes: working in groups -- 10. Learning from experience.
ISBN
  • 0335194133
  • 9780335194131
  • 0335194125
  • 9780335194124
LCCN
95015367
OCLC
  • ocm32348724
  • 32348724
  • SCSB-8791507
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library