Building A Coalition

What is Coalition??

A coalition, consists of individuals or

organizations Working together in a common

effort for a Common purpose to make more

effective and efficient use of resources.

Why Start a Coalition

To address an urgent situation

To empower elements of the community

To actually obtain or provide services

To bring about more effective and efficient

delivery of programs

When should we start a coalition?

When dramatic or disturbing events occur in a community.When new information becomes available. When new funding becomes available.When there's an outside threat to the community.When a group wishes to create broad, significant community change.

Who Should be a part of Coalition?

STAKEHOLDERS.

COMMUNITY OPINION LEADERS.

POLICY MAKERS.

Start a Community Coalition

1. Convene a Planning Group

2. Develop an Initial Vision

3. Identify and Recruit Coalition Members

4. Hold first meeting

5. Follow up

Case summary

Nonattendance, low student performance.

crime, and high teacher turnover.

Create an after school program

Effectively integrate organizations

Group development

Introduction

The case focus on non profit social organization called The Woodson foundation who want to

build a cohesive coalition among its stake holders who are the Washington DC school and The

NCPIE.

Objectives

Improve students’ performance and outcomes.Reducing crime Increasing students attendance.Decreasing teachers turnover ratio.

Primary Problem

Stakeholder who are participating in the implementation of the plan for the new system has its own goal which is opposing to one another.

Secondary Problem

The secondary problem identified is forming teams that would spearhead the operations.

Two teams to be formed which are the development team which would design the program and program teams and the executives who would lead the new program.

Dynamics of Groups and Teams

Group: Two or more individuals, who have come together to achieve particular objectives.

Formal group: Designated work group design by organization structure.Informal group: Appear in response to a need for social contract.

Dynamics of Groups and Teams

Team: Two or more individuals with complimentary skills working together to

accomplish common goal.

Dynamics of Groups and Teams

Problem-Solving TeamsSelf-Managed Work TeamsCross-Functional TeamsVirtual TeamMulti Team System

Group Development

5 stage of group development

• Forming - Members feel much uncertainty• Storming-Lots of conflict between

members• Norming Stage -Members have developed

close relationships and cohesiveness.

Group Development• Performing Stage - The group is finally fully

functional.• Adjourning Stage - Characterized by concern with

wrapping up activities rather than performance

Conflicts and Similarities

Looking that the current situation of Woodson foundation, how the three participating groups interest are different from each other, they would be consider to be in Storming stage.

Solutions

Building a team that can effectively work together.Work cohesively, productively, and efficiently together.Define role for each groups and each group members should have a set of expected behaviors pattern.

Solutions

Manage diversity more effectively.The leaders should be able to present an effective message for generating motivation, inspiration and enthusiasms.

Conclusion

So it is too clear to articulate our analysis that the given case study is about how to solve a communal problem through building up a factual coalition.