ABSTRACT
This book reflects the culture of the Belgirate Conference, namely combining traditional and experiential modes of developing new ideas and knowledge; and in order to further the field of Group Relations. It contains the collection of papers presented at the conference plus two additional papers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Introduction|12 pages
Group Relations Conferences
Reviewing and exploring theory, design, role-taking and application
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part I|30 pages
Structure, design and learning in Group Relations Conferences
part II|32 pages
Themed conferences and Group Relations Conference methodology
chapter Three|14 pages
Sexual abuse
Application and adaptation of basic Group Relations concepts, technique and culture to a specific social issue
chapter Four|16 pages
The ‘Seeon’ Conference
Group Relations as applied to a historical conflict between two professional groups. An exercise in experiencing, understanding and dealing with inter-group and institutional conflict
part III|44 pages
The application of Group Relations Conferences methodology to professional roles
chapter Five|15 pages
Mutuality and interdependence
Applications of Group Relations perspectives to issues of career ownership and development
chapter Six|14 pages
Surfacing the ecology of public school organisations
The centrality of groups and their dependency container
chapter Seven|13 pages
Contradictory demands and basic assumptions
A case study on role taking in a university clinic
part IV|30 pages
Researching Group Relations conferences methodology and outcome
chapter Eight|15 pages
Multi-level application of Group Relations conferences learning
Staff, members and sponsoring organizations
chapter Nine|13 pages
Applying Group Relations learning to the daily work of consultants and managers
Theorists solve the problems they want to; practitioners solve the problems they have to
part V|28 pages
Post-conference reflections
chapter Eleven|13 pages
In favor of reinventing the wheel
Reflections on the Group Relations model following the First Belgirate Conference
