Cs i =} a> | : _ 6. It FRIENDLINESS; TO ANALYSIS OF DISCUSSION ; The an efxiovs necessary is particularly strangers. @ group of comparative _—& GUIDES Shu process a strange in group, while and is it in people is on, going the The lesder's om attitude, his general friendliness, ~produstivity is low. is an importent exemple for the group in these early stages. se ACCEPTANCE; ~~ friendliness to establish Getting to know other People need to feel matter what their status. be accepted as of eel that they fhe feelings worth for ss must evoke sane sort of response ere accepted as persons, no of everyone in the group must consideration, and recognition. and each contribution This is almost the other side of the acceptance coin, PERMISSIVENESS; ‘because if people fee that their contributions are accepted, they > will contribute when they went to. Permissiveness however, implies, not merely the acceptance of people, but en active encouragement members to erp’ess both their thoughts end thei. feelings. of If cooperativeness is to be achieved, the need of monbers COOPERATIVENESS; The to compete for personal recognition and status must be reduced. Biv real danger point here ie the leader himself, who can easily permit i to begin will himself to sward apr’ oval and status, for which members "~~ eompete. members OBJECTIVITY: as» kind of What is members | member "am idea members geel. . aa: he en ae To the extent that the leadership of the group, there will be a greater rele by other is shared possibility of cooperativeness. Being partisan about ideas, or points of view is in this discussion, of course, not only necessary but desirable. meant by objectivity here is the attitude of the group to each contribution, and the attitude of each contributing toward what he contributes. The most telpful attitude is that or opinion, once e-pressed, becomes the property of all the for them to evalunte and use in getting the group toward its The objectivity needed is that which vill sufficiently detach the contributor from his contribution so that the use which the of it is not translated into a personal affront or personal group makes triumph.