Sandor Schuman

Sandor Schuman

Sandor Schuman is a research associate emeritus of the Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY, and president of Executive Decision Services LLC. He is the series editor of the International Association of Facilitators handbooks – Working with Difficult Groups, Creating a Culture of Collaboration, and The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation – and former editor of Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal and moderator of the Electronic Discussion on Group Facilitation.

A proposal for consensus and authority in organisational decision making

How can consensus work in a hierarchical organisation?

I have encountered this question in organisations with a strong hierarchical structure. The person in the superior position has the formal decision-making authority and is held...