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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809316203321

Autore

Aram Eliat

Titolo

Adaptation and innovation : theory, design and role-taking in group relations conferences and their applications / / by Eliat Aram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©2009

ISBN

0-429-89633-6

0-429-47156-4

1-282-77991-5

9786612779916

1-84940-803-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

GRC

Disciplina

158.2

Soggetti

Group relations training

Interpersonal relations

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

"Volume II."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.