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Working Collectively
Women's Self-Help Network for Change
Publisher: Women's Self-Help Network, Campbell River, CanadaYear First Published: {9552 Working Collectively WORKING COLLECTIVELY Women's Self-Help Network for Change Women's Self-Help Network Campbell River Canada A handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities. 1984 1985 50pp BC9552-WorkingCollectively.jpg PMP Pamphlet 0-919537-17-0 HQ1885.W67 1984 306.344 "Working collectively," according to the Women's Self-help Network, "is difficult for people used to managing in a hierarchical, individualistic society." Their booklet WORKING COLLECTIVELY is a handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities. <br> <br>WORKING COLLECTIVELY includes a detailed procedure for consensus decisoin-making, a suggested agenda (to help solve the "endless meeting" syndrome) and a "burnout self exam" for collective members. <br> <br>One striking tactic proposed in the book is the use of "paranoid fantasy as a communication tool. We argreed that when someone feels paranoid, that is that something is going on which is making her feel uneasy or afraid, there is indeed something going on." The Women's Self-Help Network suggests discussing the paranoid fantasies (usually about the feelings of ohter collective members) with the appropriate people in an effort to resolve the problem. <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents: <br> <br>Why Operate Collectively <br> <br>Decisions <br>Structure for Making Decisions <br>Jobs <br>Meetings <br>Membership <br>Political and Value Agreements <br> <br>Difficulties <br>No Consensus <br>Power Imbalance <br>Endless Meetings <br>Individual Crisis <br>Conflict <br>Accountability <br>Lack of Rewards <br> <br>Tools <br>Pressing Process <br>Check-In <br>Constructive Criticism <br>Paranoid Fantasies <br>Resentments <br>Priorize and Time Collective Business <br>Postponement <br>Time Out <br>Light and Livelies <br>Rounds <br>Evaluation <br>Appreciations <br>Affirmations <br>Facilitator's Duties <br>Burn-Out Self Exam <br>Ritual and Caretaking Committee <br>Peer Counselling <br>Mediation <br> <br>References and Other Resources CX3218 1 false true false CX3218.htm [0xc000353620 0xc0002884e0 0xc000289860 0xc0002b47e0 0xc0005a16e0 0xc000269080 0xc000269800 0xc000228210 0xc000996d20 0xc00251e630 0xc0028befc0] Cx} Year Published: 1985 Pages: 50pp ISBN: 0-919537-17-0 Library of Congress Number: HQ1885.W67 1984 Dewey: 306.344 Resource Type: Pamphlet Cx Number: CX3218 A handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities. Abstract: "Working collectively," according to the Women's Self-help Network, "is difficult for people used to managing in a hierarchical, individualistic society." Their booklet WORKING COLLECTIVELY is a handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities. WORKING COLLECTIVELY includes a detailed procedure for consensus decisoin-making, a suggested agenda (to help solve the "endless meeting" syndrome) and a "burnout self exam" for collective members. One striking tactic proposed in the book is the use of "paranoid fantasy as a communication tool. We argreed that when someone feels paranoid, that is that something is going on which is making her feel uneasy or afraid, there is indeed something going on." The Women's Self-Help Network suggests discussing the paranoid fantasies (usually about the feelings of ohter collective members) with the appropriate people in an effort to resolve the problem. Table of Contents: Why Operate Collectively Decisions Structure for Making Decisions Jobs Meetings Membership Political and Value Agreements Difficulties No Consensus Power Imbalance Endless Meetings Individual Crisis Conflict Accountability Lack of Rewards Tools Pressing Process Check-In Constructive Criticism Paranoid Fantasies Resentments Priorize and Time Collective Business Postponement Time Out Light and Livelies Rounds Evaluation Appreciations Affirmations Facilitator's Duties Burn-Out Self Exam Ritual and Caretaking Committee Peer Counselling Mediation References and Other Resources Subject Headings |