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This handbook on group decision-making for those wanting to operate in a consensus fashion stresses the advantages of informal, common sense approaches to working together. It describes how any group can put these approaches into practice, and relates numerous examples of situations in which such approaches have been applied.
Implementing Consensus-Based Agreements
Implementing Consensus-Based Agreements
Stories told by mediators about past consensus building processes can sound remarkably like Martha Stewart reminiscing about last month's formal dinner party. Both talk about the importance of planning ahead, the difficulty of deciding who to invite, the need to have a shared understanding of the proper rules of behavior—even the quandary of how to “divide the pie” after a long discussion around the table. But chances are, neither the mediators nor Martha talks much about what happens after the meeting, or the party, is over.
That's because the aftermath often isn't very pretty. For Martha, there's the stack of dirty dishes in the sink and the problem of how to get the merlot stain out of the white loveseat. ...
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