
Getting Together
A Guide for Good Groups
Emory A. Griffin(Author)
IVP Academic (Publisher)
Published on 13. July 1982
Book
Paperback/Softback
233 pages
978-0-87784-390-0 (ISBN)
Description
Prayer, study, service, fellowship, fun, decision making, discussion. People get together in groups for all kinds of reasons in all kinds of settings--schools, churches, neighborhoods, volunteer organizations. Some groups are alive and growing; others are dull and dying.In this bright and lively book, Em Griffin focuses on what makes groups good by discussing three types--task groups which have a job to do, relationshp groups which fill our need for community, and influence groups which help people change. He covers such topics as conflict, deviance, persuasion, expectations, leadership and how to have a good discussion.A book for everyone who wants to be in a good group.
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Edition
Special Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
IL
United States
Edition type
Special edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
339 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87784-390-0 (9780877843900)
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Person
Em Griffin is professor emeritus of communication at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he has taught since 1970. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Michigan and his M. A. and Ph.D. in Communication fromNorthwestern university. His research interest centers on the development of close friendships. Griffin is the author of Getting Together and Making Friends ( Making Them Count).