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Volume 15 - September 2000

Contents

Page 5 of 12

Fred C. Cuny Memorial Continuing Education Series

  • Lesson 10: Group Dynamics in Disasters: Managing Work Groups

  • Fred C. Cuny
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    28 June 2012, pp. 89-94

  • Groups are assigned or formed to perform tasks that one person cannot accomplish alone. This lesson describes the classification of work groups, group unity, leadership, motivation, recognition, conflict resolution, and remediation associated with managing groups and their activities. Advantages associated with group process include 1) the generation of better ideas, 2) ability to assume greater risks; make fewer errors; 3) the capacity for greater knowledge and 4) information, and for some problems, production of better decisions. Groups may be formal or informal. Formal groups may be organic, task-directed, or committees. Informal groups arise when it becomes obvious that a group will work better or may be formed by a discipline within the organization or through friendships. The size of the group its status within the organization, the goals established, and the dependence of the members on the group all may affect the cohesiveness of the group. Leadership of the group must keep the group focused on the objectives and enhancement of the efficiency of its operation and the quality of the decisions made by the group. Motivation of a group often is more difficult than is that for individuals and generally positive inducements work better than do negative measures such as coercion and reprimands. Roles are often informal and conferred by the group collectively. Often norms are established within groups that help the group deal with conflict. Inadequate performance within a formal group may require changes in the leadership, removal of a member or clique within the group, reduction of group size, and/or dissolution of the group. Understanding the dynamics of groups is an essential skill required of good managers.

Theme 1. Disaster Coordination and Management

Oral Presentations

  • Which Kind of Triage Do We Need?

  • Chung-Liang Shih, Fang-Yue Lin
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    28 June 2012, p. S37
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Poster Session

  • Hospital Treatment — New Routines for Alert of Medical Care Teams in Östergötland County, Sweden

  • Rune G. Blomberg, Björn Hansson
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    28 June 2012, p. S14
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Theme 2. Telehealth and Communication Technologies in Health

Oral Presentations

  • Emergency Planning for BC Gas, British Columbia, Canada

  • Ray Nadeau
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    28 June 2012, p. S38
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  • Field Trauma Triage in Denmark Combining Patient Characteristics and Injury Mechanism

  • Charlotte W. Allerød, Flemming Knudsen
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    28 June 2012, p. S15
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Calendar

  • Calendar

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    28 June 2012, p. 108
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  • The Göteborg Fire

  • P. Örtenwall
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    28 June 2012, pp. S15-S16
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Theme 2. Telehealth and Communication Technologies in Health

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  • Disaster Preparedness Activities Undertaken by BC Hydro

  • Doug McLeod
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    28 June 2012, p. S38
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  • Telus Disaster Preparedness Programs

  • Dexada Jorgensen
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    28 June 2012, p. S39
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Forum

  • Letter to the Editor

  • Mark S. Johnson
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    28 June 2012, p. 109
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Theme 2. Telehealth and Communication Technologies in Health

Oral Presentations

Front matter

  • PDM volume 15 Supplement 1 Front matter

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    28 June 2012, pp. f1-f5
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  • PDM volume 15 issue 4 Cover and Front matter

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    28 June 2012, pp. f1-f9
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Back matter

  • PDM volume 15 Supplement 1 Cover and Back matter

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    28 June 2012, pp. b1-b3
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  • PDM volume 15 issue 4 Cover and Back matter

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    28 June 2012, pp. b1-b5
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Theme 2. Telehealth and Communication Technologies in Health

Oral Presentations

  • Information Technology and Public Health Management of Disasters — A Model for South Asian Countries

  • Dolly Mathew
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    28 June 2012, p. S40
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  • REMSAT – Real Time Emergency Management Via Satellite

  • Patrick Brownsword, John Flanagan
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    28 June 2012, p. S41
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