1st Edition

Exploring Individual and Organizational Boundaries A Tavistock Open Systems Approach

Edited By W. Gordon Lawrence Copyright 1979
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

One way of conceptualizing the relationship of individuals, through their roles, to their various groupings (such as families, communities, and business and industrial enterprises) is to consider their political relatedness. This includes an exploration of organizational structures, management, and issues of responsibility, leadership, and authority. Beyond this, the Tavistock open systems... Read more
Editorial Foreword to the Series , Preface , Foreword to this edition , Introductory Essay: Exploring Boundaries , Boundary Management in Psychological Work with Groups , The A. K. Rice Group Relations Conferences as a Reflection of Society , The Pseudomutual Small Group or Institution , Another Source of Conservatism in Groups , Manifestations of Transference in Small Training Groups , A Manager’s View of the Institutional Event , Men and Women at Work: A Group Relations Conference on Person and Role , By Women, for Women: A Group Relations Conference , A Model for Distinguishing Supportive from Insight-oriented Psychotherapy Groups , The Adolescent, the Family, and the Group: Boundary Considerations , Learning and the Group Experience , Darkness , The Psychology of Innovation in an Industrial Setting , Open Systems Revisited: A Proposition about Development and Change , A Concept for Today: The Management of Oneself in Role

Biography

W Gordon Lawrence