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Group Dynamics
AC 150
8 Credits
Just as consciousness of one's own emotional currents provides data for more effective behaviors, consciousness of group dynamics and processes allows for intervention and improved group functioning and team performance management. Using the power of encounter — of naming the dynamics they observe in the here and now — groups can move toward principles of intention, truth, belonging, aliveness and personal responsibility. In this AC, students study the models, mechanisms and dynamics of group formation, operation, and functioning; identify barriers and unconscious strategies people use to sabotage groups and interfere with group functioning, and evaluate leadership strategies and tactics and group leadership skills for facilitating conflict resolution in groups. Prerequisites: AC20 Family and Intimacy; AC30 Personal Power
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