Adaptation and innovation, Volume II theory, design and role-taking in group relations conferences and their applications (Karnac, 2009)
Contains all papers presented at the 2nd Belgirate conference in Nov. 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index
'The plurability of experience': looking afresh at the large group / David Armstrong -- Leadership: the impact of the full human being in role / John Bazalgette -- "Doth my father yet live" psychoanalysis and group relations conferences: revisited / Avi Nutkevich and Joseph Triest -- Italian group relations conferences between adaptation and innovation / Louisa Diana Brunner, Mario Perini and Elio Vera -- The community system: inter-subjective approaches to group relations / Susan Long -- A world of difference: lessons and innovations on the study of race, authority and identity / Mary B. McRae and Zachary Gabriel Green -- Learning to consult with wonder: one approach to preparing group relations consultants / Charla Hayden -- Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing: the application of group relations to organizational development and change with a financial institution / Willem de Jager and Mannie Sher -- Exploring Jewish identity, belonging and leadership through the lens of group relations: reflections and challenges / Yoram Lahav -- Identity, leadership, and authority: experiences in application of group relations concepts for dalit empowerment in India / Rosemary Viswanath -- A walk out before mourning dawn: reflections on innovations and adaptations at the boundary / Zachary Gabriel Green and Nick Papadopoulos -- Is group relations a good regulator? Ritualization as a basic assumption mentality / Gerard van Reekum and Doris Gottlieb -- Crossing multiple boundaries: reflections on the Belgirate II experience / Ellen L. Short and Jeanne M.S.T. Woon -- Learning from experience: the two international group relations meetings in Belgirate / Gordon Strauss
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 prof