Summer 2024 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (82995)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Extended May SessionUMTC, West Bank
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/82995/1245
Spring 2024 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (57234)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term03/16/2024Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3504/06/2024Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57234/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Summer 2023 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (83235)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Extended May Session05/20/2023Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-14206/03/2023Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-142
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (5 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Summer2023
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83235/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Spring 2023 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (57615)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term03/18/2023Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 3504/08/2023Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (26 of 31 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Spring2023
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/57615/1233
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Summer 2022 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (87413)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/11/2022Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-14206/25/2022Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankCarlson School of Management 1-142
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (9 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Summer2022
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87413/1225
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Spring 2022 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (59023)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term03/26/2022Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 1504/16/2022Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 35
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Spring2022
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/59023/1223
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Spring 2021 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (54222)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Times and Locations:
- Second Half of Term04/17/2021Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE05/01/2021Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (23 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- Class will be offered REMOTELY. Class will meet synchronously-online during Spring 2021 during the scheduled time. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Spring2021
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54222/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Summer 2020 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (84295)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/12/2020Fri 09:00AM - 04:00PMOff CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY06/27/2020Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMOff CampusVirtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Summer2020
- Class Description:
- A work team seeks to create a strategic plan to guide work for 3-5 years. A city seeks to create a new policy with input from various stakeholders. A family seeks to plan an enormous annual reunion. Each scenario involves people with individual opinions, values, motivations, and feelings about the task at hand. The alignment of their positions can range from synched and complementary to completely opposed and contentious.To guide groups of diverse thought towards collective decisions, the facilitator plays a key role in driving a process for the collection, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas and feedback. In this course, students will be introduced to the art of facilitation: philosophy, tools, and methodology. We will examine case studies that illustrate approaches and problem-solving scenarios and end our course with hands-on practice.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/84295/1205
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 May 2020
Spring 2020 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (67688)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session05/02/2020Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 31704/04/2020Sat 09:00AM - 04:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bravo047+PA5136+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67688/1203
Summer 2019 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (84289)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Extended May Session06/07/2019 - 06/08/2019Fri, Sat 08:00AM - 03:00PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 317
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (20 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- Meets Fri, June 7 - Sat, June 8. 8:00-3:00. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jen+PA5136+Summer2019
- Class Description:
Group process facilitation is used to help groups clarify and accomplish critical objectives and deliverables, achieve exceptional performance, solve complex problems, make high quality decisions, reach consensus, enhance learning and skill building using the strengths and knowledge of the group and help teams move through conflict. This seminar will introduce participants to a wide variety of participatory leadership, group decision making and meeting management theories, tools and techniques used to help groups meet their facilitation goals. Participants in this class will:
Identify and examine key components of facilitation and link facilitation challenges with possible solutions
Have a forum to clarify their facilitation capacities and goals and to share their experiences with each other
- Enhance their facilitation skills and start to develop facilitation strategies for their own work and practice
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- The class meets all day Friday and a half-day on Saturday. The first day covers the Art of Participatory Leadership, the role of a facilitator, and team/group dynamics. The second half-day covers how to navigate group and individual conflicts, manage meetings, and how to facilitate strategic planning processes. This class is designed to be interactive with careful consideration of the diverse and collective interests of the participants. The class design allows for different cognitive learning styles, for the special and complex challenges of cross-cultural learning, and for collegial sharing.
This class includes lectures, case studies, a panel discussion, large-group and small-group discussions, and problem-solving exercises. At the end of the class participants will be asked to write a final paper incorporating what they learned during the seminar. Options for the final paper include:Case Summary Paper. This paper demonstrates the student's experience with facilitation and/or strategies for future facilitation.
Investigative Paper. This paper investigates a topic related to facilitation. This paper should include a literature review and practitioner tools related to the topic.
Observation and Analysis Paper. This paper involves: (1) observing a facilitated forum in the community (retreat, strategic planning session, public meeting, etc.); (2) a description and analysis of the session; (3) recommended tools and strategies for improvement.
The final paper is due Monday, July 9. - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/84289/1195
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/dorma001_jen_PA5136_Summer2018.docx (Summer 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2018
Summer 2018 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (84914)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- First Half of Term06/15/2018Fri 08:00AM - 05:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 50B06/16/2018Sat 08:00AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 50B
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (19 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dorma001+PA5136+Summer2018, http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jen+PA5136+Summer2018
- Class Description:
Group process facilitation is used to help groups clarify and accomplish critical objectives and deliverables, achieve exceptional performance, solve complex problems, make high quality decisions, reach consensus, enhance learning and skill building using the strengths and knowledge of the group and help teams move through conflict. This seminar will introduce participants to a wide variety of participatory leadership, group decision making and meeting management theories, tools and techniques used to help groups meet their facilitation goals. Participants in this class will:
Identify and examine key components of facilitation and link facilitation challenges with possible solutions
Have a forum to clarify their facilitation capacities and goals and to share their experiences with each other
- Enhance their facilitation skills and start to develop facilitation strategies for their own work and practice
- Learning Objectives:
The seminar is designed to:
1. Identify and examine key components of facilitation and link facilitation challenges with possible solutions.
2. Create a rigorous dialogue among the students and instructors. Participants' experience, their perceptions and their reactions to the ideas will, in part, determine what and how much is learned.
3. Provide a forum for the students to clarify their facilitation capacities and goals and to share their experiences with each other.
4. Brief students on theories and practical tools and techniques of facilitation.
5. Enhance facilitation skills and assist learners in developing facilitation strategies for their own work and practice.
- Grading:
- Grading is on an A-F or S-N basis.
- Exam Format:
- No exam.
- Class Format:
- The class meets all day Friday and a half-day on Saturday. The first day covers the Art of Participatory Leadership, the role of a facilitator, and team/group dynamics. The second half-day covers how to navigate group and individual conflicts, manage meetings, and how to facilitate strategic planning processes. This class is designed to be interactive with careful consideration of the diverse and collective interests of the participants. The class design allows for different cognitive learning styles, for the special and complex challenges of cross-cultural learning, and for collegial sharing.
This class includes lectures, case studies, a panel discussion, large-group and small-group discussions, and problem-solving exercises. At the end of the class participants will be asked to write a final paper incorporating what they learned during the seminar. Options for the final paper include:Case Summary Paper. This paper demonstrates the student's experience with facilitation and/or strategies for future facilitation.
Investigative Paper. This paper investigates a topic related to facilitation. This paper should include a literature review and practitioner tools related to the topic.
Observation and Analysis Paper. This paper involves: (1) observing a facilitated forum in the community (retreat, strategic planning session, public meeting, etc.); (2) a description and analysis of the session; (3) recommended tools and strategies for improvement.
The final paper is due Monday, July 9. - Workload:
In addition to the final paper, participants are expected to watch four short videos and read a series of web based articles on the Art of Hosting, team/group dynamics and decision making, and conflict management before the class begins. Class participants are expected to attend both days of class and participate actively in the discussions. Class participants are expected to arrive on time and stay for the entire class each day.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/84914/1185
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/dorma001_jen_PA5136_Summer2018.docx
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/dorma001_bonn0014_PA5136_Summer2017.pdf (Summer 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 3 March 2018
Summer 2017 | PA 5136 Section 001: Group Process Facilitation for Organizational and Public/Community Engagement (87976)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1 Credit
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/16/2017Fri 08:00AM - 05:30PMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 512A06/17/2017Sat 08:00AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankScience Teaching Student Svcs 512A
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Group process facilitation components, theories, tools, techniques. Facilitator's role in group goals and processes. Facilitation in public policy. Cross-cultural challenges. Topics may include meeting management, group decision-making, conflict, participatory leadership, and other tools.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?dorma001+PA5136+Summer2017, http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bonn0014+PA5136+Summer2017
- Class Description:
Group process facilitation is used to help groups clarify and accomplish critical objectives and deliverables, achieve exceptional performance, solve complex problems, make high quality decisions, reaching consensus, enhance learning and skill building using the strengths and knowledge of the group and help teams move through conflict. This seminar will introduce participants to a wide variety of participatory leadership, group decision making and meeting management theories, tools and techniques used to help groups meet their facilitation goals. Participants in this class will:
Identify and examine key components of facilitation and link facilitation challenges with possible solutions
Have a forum to clarify their facilitation capacities and goals and to share their experiences with each other
- Enhance their facilitation skills and start to develop facilitation strategies for their own work and practice
- Learning Objectives:
The seminar is designed to:
1. Identify and examine key components of facilitation and link facilitation challenges with possible solutions.
2. Create a rigorous dialogue among the students and instructors. Participants' experience, their perceptions and their reactions to the ideas will, in part, determine what and how much is learned.
3. Provide a forum for the students to clarify their facilitation capacities and goals and to share their experiences with each other.
4. Brief students on theories and practical tools and techniques of facilitation.
5. Enhance facilitation skills and assist learners in developing facilitation strategies for their own work and practice.
- Grading:
- Grading is on an A-F or S-N basis.
- Class Format:
The class meets all day Friday and a half-day on Saturday. The first day covers the Art of Participatory Leadership, the role of a facilitator, and team/group dynamics. The second half-day covers how to navigate group and individual conflicts, manage meetings, and how to facilitate strategic planning processes. This class is designed to be interactive with careful consideration of the diverse and collective interests of the participants. The class design allows for different cognitive learning styles, for the special and complex challenges of cross-cultural learning, and for collegial sharing.
This class includes lectures, case studies, a panel discussion, large-group and small-group discussions, and problem-solving exercises. At the end of the class participants will be asked to write a final paper incorporating what they learned during the seminar. Options for the final paper include:
Case Summary Paper. This paper demonstrates the student's experience with facilitation and/or strategies for future facilitation.
Investigative Paper. This paper investigates a topic related to facilitation. This paper should include a literature review and practitioner tools related to the topic.
Observation and Analysis Paper. This paper involves: (1) observing a facilitated forum in the community (retreat, strategic planning session, public meeting, etc.); (2) a description and analysis of the session; (3) recommended tools and strategies for improvement.
The final paper is due Monday, July 10.
- Workload:
In addition to the final paper, participants are expected to watch four short videos and read a series of web based articles on the Art of Hosting, team/group dynamics and decision making, and conflict management before the class begins. Class participants are expected to attend both days of class and participate actively in the discussions. Class participants are expected to arrive on time and stay for the entire class each day.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87976/1175
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/dorma001_bonn0014_PA5136_Summer2017.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/dorma001_jen_PA5136_Summer2018.docx (Summer 2018)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 16 March 2017
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