Decision Making in Communities: Why Groups of Smart People Sometimes Make Bad Decisions - Softcover

Martirossian, Jasmine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944715621 ISBN 13: 9780944715628

Verlag: Community Assn Inst, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

This ground-breaking book provides a first-ever look at how and why leaders of community associations make the choices that govern their communities. Decision Making In Communities: Why Groups of Smart People Sometimes Make Bad Decisions, by social psychologist Jasmine Martirossian of Northeast University, applies well-known principles of group dynamics and social psychology to the often misunderstood leadership activities of community association boards. What results is a fascinating picture of how and why some associations find themselves facing inexplicable problems. Looking at community associations through the social psychologist’s lens makes this book quite fascinating. But, it also has a very practical-and more important-side because it explains exactly how community association leaders can make good decisions, avoid problems, and be highly functional.

The book has been enthusiastically received among community association professionals because it’s made them aware of a dynamic operating among their clients that they hadn’t considered before. St. Louis attorney Marv Nodiff, who specializes in community association law, stated that, "After nearly 20 years of practicing community association law, I can say that the major shortcoming of my professional education was a lack of exposure to group dynamics-the ability to identify how each board composition is different, and the skills of persuasion and influence that should be applied in each situation."

Steve Harvill, PCAM®-a professional community association manager-commented that, "This book does a good job of relating general knowledge of organizational dynamics to the unique nature of community associations." And Florida attorney Ellen Hirsch de Haan agrees, "Jasmine Martirossian has done a very nice job of synthesizing a formidable body of research and applying it to the community association industry."

By examining how boards of community associations are persuaded toward one view or another, and how board composition and size can affect decisions, the book enables readers to function more productively. It discusses how group polarization and cohesion can skew a decision-and provides useful advice on what to do about it-and a chapter on mental shortcuts (like the assumption that what’s most expensive is best), gives enough practical information that readers can prevent them from becoming short circuits instead. Real-life examples cited from community associations all across the country will provoke smiles of recognition for many readers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Community Assn Inst
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0944715621
• ISBN 13: 9780944715628
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 93
• Herausgeber: Lewin Debra H.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar