Understanding Group Dynamics andSystems

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ficulties but also assess interpersonal patterns, group stages, systemic function - ing, coalitional alliances, and other dynamics that are important to understand. In a sense, effective group leaders learn to see the forest and the trees. Many of the models and theories about group are focused on interpersonal

  Interpersonal, Patterns, Interpersonal patterns