ERIC Number: EJ643302
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Publication Date: 2002
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Achieving True Consensus.
Napier, Rod; Sanaghan, Patrick
Business Officer, v35 n8 p34-36,39 Feb 2002
Uses the example of Vermont's Middlebury College to explore the challenges and possibilities of achieving consensus about institutional change. Discusses why, unlike in this example, consensus usually fails, and presents four demands of an effective consensus process. Includes a list of "test" questions on successful collaboration. (EV)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperation, Group Unity, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Participative Decision Making
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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