Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 3rd Edition

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THE DYNAMICS OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING

IDEALIZED AND REALISTIC MODELS OF COLLABORATION IN GROUPS

• Misunderstandings About the Process of Group Decision-Making
• The Struggle to Integrate Diverse Perspectives
• The Diamond of Participatory Decision-Making

This picture portrays a hypothetical problem-solving discussion.

Each circle represents one idea. Each line of circles-and-arrows represents one person's line of thought as it develops during the discussion.

As diagrammed, everyone appears to be tracking each other's ideas, everyone goes at the ...