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Adaptation and Innovation

Theory, Design and Role-Taking in Group Relations Conferences and their Applications
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Adaptation and Innovation is the second volume in a series on Tavistock Group Relations Conferences. It features a collection of papers from the second Belgirate conference alongside additional reflections from participants. Together, these essays explore the evolution and ongoing innovation within the global practice of Group Relations conferences.
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This book is suited to members of the Group Relations community and professionals involved in change and development across various fields. It will particularly appeal to researchers, managers, consultants, and educators seeking to apply Group Relations thinking in their work.

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Contains the collection of papers presented at the second Belgirate conference and four additional papers reflecting on and making sense of several participants conference experiences. This book is of interest to members of the group relations community as well as others who are agents of change and development in their professions.

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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.

Adaptation and Innovation 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.

Series: The Group Relations Conferences Series

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  • Adaptation and Innovation
    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...
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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781855756779

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 December 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Karnac Books

Contributors:

  • Edited by Eliat Aram
  • Edited by Robert Baxter
  • Edited by Avi Nutkevitch

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 147.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 280

About the Author

Eliat Aram, PhD, is currently the Interim Director of the Tavistock Institute which she leads through a new phase of change and growth. A practicing chartered psychologist (BPS) and a UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor. Robert Baxter, MD, is a retired Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Louisville where he was Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Executive. He currently chairs AKRI's Training and Certification Committee. Avi Nutkevitch, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and organizational consultant. He is a full member of the Israel Psychoanalytic Society and teaches at the Israel Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a founding member and former Chair of OFEK, the Israel Association for the Study of Group and Organisational Processes. He is currently Co-Director and Faculty of the Program in Organisational Consultation and Development: a Psychoanalytic-Systemic Approach.

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