Attention, Cooperation, Purpose :: an Approach to Groups Using Insights from the Work of Bion.

This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion's ideas on groups. Every group has a purpose or purposes - or, as Bion put it, ""every group, however c...

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1. Verfasser: French, Robert
Weitere Verfasser: Simpson, Peter
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Karnac Books, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion's ideas on groups. Every group has a purpose or purposes - or, as Bion put it, ""every group, however casual, meets to 'do' something."" The approach described here shows how individual group members' use of attention - both broad or ""evenly suspended"" and focused - can promote a better understanding of purpose, making it possible for them to do what they have met to do. This work of attention enables group membe
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ISBN:9781782412809
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