2nd Edition

Putting A New Spin on Groups The Science of Chaos

By Bud A. McClure Copyright 2005
288 Pages
by Psychology Press

288 Pages
by Psychology Press

320 Pages
by Psychology Press

Putting a New Spin on Groups: The Science of Chaos, Second Edition continues to challenge orthodoxy and static ideas about small group dynamics. A primary goal is to offer an alternative model of group development that addresses three factors: *The model integrates old ideas from previous models of group development with new concepts from chaos theory and the work of Arthur Young. *The book... Read more
Contents: Preface. Self-Organization and Chaos: Driving in Turkey. A Pot of Stew? Chaos and Transformation. Chaos and Transformation in the Social Sciences. Group Stage Model: The Arc. Chaos and Self-Organization in Groups. Group Leadership: Working With Chaos. Women in Authority. Group Leadership: The Descent. Group Leadership: The Ascent. Group Metaphors. Regressive Groups. Generative and Transpersonal Groups.

Biography

McClure, Bud A.

"Bud McClure has written a very curious book. In some ways, what he produced is a compendium-in-brief or a wide world of information. He writes of chaos theory, including a run past 'a three-stage model of science.' He recounts theories of physics and arrives at 'the mathematics of dynamics which forms one of the cornerstones of chaos and self-organizational theories.' He takes us through Dynamics, principally nonlinear dynamics, and attractors, and strange attractors; chaos terminology, including dissipative structures, the Butterfly effect, fractals, bifurcation, Slime Mold, Phase-Locking or Entrainment, and the Beluzov-Zhabotinski Reaction. Along the way, we pass at least one theory of evolution (Arthur Young's), and toruses, and Koch's snowflake. And that's only the first 15 pages! Make no mistake, this is fascinating stuff."
Dr. Sue Henry
Professor Emerita, University of Denver