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Participatory Decision-Making Among Community Coalitions: An Analysis of Task Group Meetings
Abstract
This article examines the decision-making processes in five
federally-funded community coalitions through an analysis of recorded
minutes at 188 meetings. Specific characteristics examined include the
proportion of agenda issues in which the role of staff, officer, or
community participant initiated discussion topics and carried out
tasks; the degree to which decisions were reached and action tasks
delegated; and the substantive focus of the discussions. The study
found that many of the basic components of organizational functioning
were inconsistently applied, particularly in the areas of task
identification and delegation. Less than half of the topics introduced
for discussion in all the meetings studied resulted in a decision, and
of these decisions, related tasks were specified less than half the
time. In two-thirds of the instances when tasks were identified for
specific agenda issues, no one was identified for involvement in their
implementation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights
reserved) (Journal abstract)
Journal
(2005)
vol29
no3
pages61-77
Categories
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Community Development Nonprofits
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Community Development
