Adaptation and innovation : theory, design and role-taking in group relations conferences and their applications / edited by Eliat Aram, Robert Baxter, Avi Nutkevitch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aram, Eliat.

Baxter, Robert.

Nutkevitch, Avi.

Series:

GRC

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group relations training--Congresses.

Group relations training.

Interpersonal relations--Congresses.

Interpersonal relations.

Leadership--Congresses.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, the second in a series on Tavistock Group Relations Conferences, contains the collection of papers presented at the second Belgirate conference plus four additional papers reflecting on and making sense of several participants conference experiences. Taken together, these papers offer an exciting picture of the Group Relations enterprise as it continues to adapt and innovate its approaches to the practice of Group Relations conferences globally. It will be of interest to members of the group relations community as well as others who are agents of change and development in their professions and organisations, and who might use group relations thinking in their research, management, consultancy or educational roles.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: Adaptation and innovation: Theory, design and role-taking in group relations conferences and their applications; SECTION I: ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION IN THEORY; CHAPTER ONE: The 'plurability of experience': Looking afresh at the large group; CHAPTER TWO: Leadership: The impact of the full human being in role; CHAPTER THREE: ""Doth my father yet live"" Psychoanalysis and group relations conferences: Revisited; SECTION II: ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION IN DESIGN

CHAPTER FOUR: Italian group relations conferences between adaptation and innovationCHAPTER FIVE: The community system: Inter-subjective approaches to group relations; CHAPTER SIX: A world of difference: Lessons and innovations on the study of race, authority and identity; SECTION III: ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION IN ROLE TAKING AND APPLICATION; CHAPTER SEVEN: Learning to consult with wonder: One approach to preparing group relations consultants

CHAPTER EIGHT: Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing: The application of group relations to organizational development and change with a financial institutionCHAPTER NINE: Exploring Jewish identity, belonging and leadership through the lens of group relations: Reflections and challenges; CHAPTER TEN: Identity, leadership, and authority: Experiences in application of group relations concepts for dalit empowerment in India; SECTION IV: POST CONFERENCE REFLECTIONS; CHAPTER ELEVEN: A walk out before mourning dawn: Reflections on innovations and adaptations at the boundary

CHAPTER TWELVE: Is group relations a good regulator? Ritualization as a basic assumption mentalityCHAPTER THIRTEEN: Crossing multiple boundaries: Reflections on the Belgirate II experience; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Learning from experience: The two international group relations meetings in Belgirate

Notes:

"This book includes all papers that were presented at the Belgirate II conference in November 2006"--Pref.

"Volume II."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-89633-6

0-429-47156-4

1-282-77991-5

9786612779916

1-84940-803-3

9780429471568

OCLC:

694142635