
Experiential Learning in Organizations
Applications of the Tavistock Group Relations Approach
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Book Description
This book shows the ways in which the boundaries of the basic group relations training conference model of experiential learning have been extended to provide creative, conceptual, and applied links to both management and group and organizational education, training, and consultancy practice.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- “The ‘Leicester’ model” revisited -- Theories of experiential learning and the unconscious -- Fraternal disciplines: group relations training and systems psychodynamic organizational consultation -- Diversity and authority conferences as a social defence -- Working in retreats: learning from the group relations tradition -- Building an institution for experiential learning -- Experiencing, understanding, and dealing with intergroup and institutional conflict