6FacilitationDynamics

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• List the four phases of team development.

• Describe the problem of groupthink.

• Identify constructive participant roles.

• Identify negative participant roles.

Successful facilitators have developed an understanding of group dynamics that can affect their facilitation efforts. They know that groups undergo a transformation process as they are in the process of becoming a team. Once the team is formed, the possibility exists that they might actually become too agreeable and that “groupthink” will set in. Group dynamics can be affected by constructive ...

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