Formal Consensus draws on older participatory traditions without being the Quaker business method. Its secular levels, roles, and closing rules differ from religious discernment and the sense of the meeting. Preserving that distinction makes both attribution and organizational transfer more accurate.
- Entry typeRelated entry
- FromFormal Consensus (tool)
- Category of its source unitGovernance Institutions & Procedures
- DomainGroups & Decisions
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Editorial orientation · Entry type
Related entry
Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.
Editorial orientation · Category
Governance Institutions & Procedures
Organizes authority, representation, participation, deliberation, collective decision or institutional resolution of conflict. Its contribution concerns who may act, speak, decide or challenge, and under what arrangements.