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SWK 292 S11 Task group: Specialised methods, that enable them to achieve…
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- Main purpose: to increase the number of ideas generated by members, creative thinking is key
- Procedures Freewheeling (expression of all ideas), Criticism is ruled out, members should not be defending or explaining their idea, quantity ie encouraged, Hitchhiking(building on previously stated ideas)
- Worker should (1)express interest in ideas stated (2) urge member to continue producing creative ideas (3) Help group elaborate on ideas that have alr been presented
- Uses groups that have already defined a problem
Reverse brainstorming
- Procedures can be use to list negative consequences of action quickly and thoroughly
- This is useful after a variety of ideas is listed and members are narrowing them down
Trigger group & brainwriting
- Each individual work alone for 5-10 minutes to develop a list of ideas and suggestions. (1) Member read list to group (2) Members will clarify, question add or combine ideas that member present (3) Group decide on criteria for evaluating ideas (4) Ideas are screened before coming to one single solution.
this allow members to work independently
- Designed to collect in-depth, qualitative information about particular service or topic of interest
- Purpose: Facilitate member discussion on a certain subject until viewpoint is understood
- Strength: Ability to explore topics and generate hypotheses through explicit use of group interaction
- Procedures Semi structured, gently directs group, worker probes for superficial answer and encourage for elaboration
- Uses Generates hypotheses on how individuals think or behave which will be tested quantitatively, obtaining in-depth information on a topic, providing in-depth analysis and interpretation of previously collected data
- Technique has been use in health, social service, industrial, educational & governmental agencies & operation of committees and other ideas-aggregating and decision, asking groupsin business & industry
- Procedures: Should have 6-9 members, any larger should be separated into two or more smaller groups. Participants seated in a u shaped table, ideas presented on flipchart
- Uses: Created to increase rationality, creativity and participation in problem solving associated with program planning
- Effectiveness (1) stimulate member's active participation because it require members to work both in silence & interactively (2) Avoid dominance by strong personalities, ensure quieter individuals express their opinions too (3) Prevents premature decision making (4) Structure the process so that all members participate and feel that their views are all heard equally
- Uses decision rule to specify the relationship between attributes of a problem
- Decision rules that derive from process promoting rational &transparent decision making allowing sponsor and oversight bodies to understand basis of judgement
- Procedures all members work a lone on different instruction given by worker
- Problems & its alternative solutions are explained to members
- Worker help clarify their thinking about the problem
- Worker help each member specify level of each attribute by deciding on (1)Minimum criteria for solution (2)Any constraints on solution (3) Utility function that accompanies each attribute (4) Weight placed on each attribute
- Uses A decision making method for choosing amount distinct alternatives for ranking numerous cases by priority
- used in healthcare settings
- Effectiveness: Most rational and technical method discussed in the chapter making decisions in task groups
- Use for health and human services
- Small group of employee that gets together voluntarily, Elect a leader and identify and solve problems that they have in completing their work assignment
- Procedure: Individual role is to ensure that (1)Training is provided (2) Coverage when facilitators are sick or take personal leave (3)Each circle or team has a way of communicating suggestions about problem solving
- Principles: Commitment from top-level management to the process, A commitment to provide training for members of quality control in brainstorming, problem solving and information technology to gather evidence based procedure
- A framework for guiding decision making and problem solving
- Procedures: Activity of the group is determined by motions brought by group members. Motions include: Priviledged motions, incidental motions, main motion
- Uses: Parliament procedures uses this as it provide well-defined structure to guide group processes, useful for considering well-developed agenda items that need some discussion debate and relatively speedy decision by entire task group.
- Develop to facillitate discussion in large group ed before
- Technique of diving a large group or audience into group of 6 and each group discuss for 6 mins formulating one question for the speaker.
- Procedure Use only after clear instructions are given to members about what they will be doing during the procedures or else there will be confusion. Groups need to be far apart so that they do not hear each other.
Combined with idea writting member to be given a paper consisting a trigger qn / item where member write their response on paper before putting it in the middle for everyone to pick and add on idea to that
Uses an alternative method for problem-solving in large task group, allow all members to be involved in group discussions allowing shy members to express their thoughts
- Work with community groups such as social action groups involves many methods and skills described.
- Primary task: To mobilise individual members to action
- Worker is a catalyst who stimulates interest in community problems and motivates members to work together.
- While engaging mobilising efforts, worker works with several constituencies
- It is important to know the community through person to person contact with each resident will allow them to feel valued & heard.
- Worker should identify key people of community group and organisation that are willing to help with mobilisation effort
Main goals: To encourage community members, allow them to gain sense of individual and community pride & to understand power of collective action against injustice and inequalities
- Develop the ability and the resources to successfully tackle on a issue or many issues
- Worker should facilitate formation of groups of involved citizens in private, voluntary and in public settings for the purpose of social action.
- This process of community develop involve locating and bringing together of local assets in the community
- Worker play the role as a coordinator to help member gather data and build resources
- Helping the group or coalition become familiar with the structure within a community that can change effort
- Help group learn how to influence local government
- Capacity building is to help the group inventory of existing resources and identify resources needed to accomplish particular goals
- Have 2 central characteristics
- Promotes capacity of all people to take action to improve their situation
- Action based on open participation when people working collectively in group explore underlying social issue and take action to alleviate problems
- Self management and empowerment is key, worker facilitate member skills so that they can take action on their own.
- People who are most affected by the problem often is the best person to be articulating their experiences and to suggest solutions.
- Legal action strategies forces politicians take action to the issues support by the community group.
- Only to take direction when there is a wide support of members and emphasise weakness of opponents. Examples are rallies, marches and boycotts ...