S W 334 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Parliamentary Procedure, Groupthink
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Chapter 4: group skills for organizational and community change. Inspiring others: using assertiveness, employing communication skills, leading by example, bringing new perspectives, using self, understanding the media, providing leadership skills in task groups, managing conflict, distinguishing leadership and administration, employing leadership and power. Networking when social workers attempt to strengthen or develop linkages among people, groups, or other organizations. Relationships developed with colleagues for the purpose of improving services provided by social agencies and organizations. Recognizing the benefits of networking: clients benefit from informal helping networks, networks reach out to clients, networks augment formal resources, networks help navigate formal systems, networks help workers cope. Webinars online sessions that may involve an expert making a presentation or lecturing on a topic or they may be in the form of a workshop. Self-help organization formal or semiformal associations designed to provide mutual assistance and aid to participants facing similar problems or challenges.
