| Autor: |
Lewis, Michael L. |
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Religious Communication Today; Sep1979, Vol. 2, p12-15, 4p, 1 Black and White Photograph |
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This article discusses the utility of consensus, how religious organizations use consensus in decision making and the special communication that consensus requires. Consensus is a long-standing method of decision making in Western countries. In its purest form, no votes are taken but all individual views are considered until a solution can be found which incorporates the consensus of all members. Consensus is more than an agreement. It is a commitment to personally carry out the decisions. Such commitment is possible only when individual members value group standards above personal preference. The Society of Friends (Quakers) have a three-hundred-year tradition in consensus decisions. The Quakers search for the sense of the meeting. The process involves the search for proposals which encompass the concerns of the individual as well as the needs of the group. Paul Hare, who observed Quaker meetings for several months, reports that the consensus method works well for people who have feeling or affection for each other. After observing the process of consensus, it appears that the conceptual foundation best describing the communication of consensus grows from the sociometric principles of Bales and Newcombe's overview of communication. |
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