"This book outlines the basic issues and key concepts of group process and shows how group leaders can apply these concepts in working with a variety of groups. In many ways this is a 'how-to' book, but it is also a book about the 'why' of group leadership. For the ninth edition…
This general theory of small groups as complex systems draws on general systems theory, dynamical systems theory, and complexity and chaos theory in offering a more complete understanding of the nature of group behaviour and the factors which shape it.
A study of the larger group, focusing on the processes and dynamics whereby the group micro-culture emerges. As the initial frustrations of the group find expression in hate, this is transformed through dialogue to what the Greeks knew as 'koinonia', or the state of impersonal f…
Includes The Groups Manual, A Treatment Manual, with Clinical Vignettes.'This book is very important both for psychoanalysis and for social science. Psychoanalysis began with the treatment of individuals and in its early days attended to the conflict between the individuals wish…
This text offers practical advice for educators and trainers whose work can be enhanced by helping learners make the most of face-to-face environments, both during training and at work.
This text offers practical advice for educators and trainers whose work can be enhanced by helping learners make the most of face-to-face environments, both during training and at work.
Examines managing and leading change in an organization. It covers key scenarios, including business restructure, mergers and acquisitions, cultural change and IT-based process change.
A simplified guide to parliamentary procedure, explaining the proper way to conduct and participate in meetings, with updated information on nominations, elections, and election procedures, and real-life examples.
The purpose of this book is to develop a framework capable of dealing with an almost neglected area of social reality, behavior in public and semipublic places. [The author] feels that the distinct features of face-to-face interaction, richness of information flow, and facilitat…
"With contributions from leading scholars in the field, Rebels in Groups brings together the latest research on dissent, deviance, difference and defiance. Many of the most famous figures in psychology - Asch, Milgram and Zimbardo and others - have emphasized the pressures to co…
"With contributions from leading scholars in the field, Rebels in Groups brings together the latest research on dissent, deviance, difference and defiance. Many of the most famous figures in psychology - Asch, Milgram and Zimbardo and others - have emphasized the pressures to co…
Abstract: Good leaders possess counseling skills which enable them to develop positive relationships with those they lead. A high level of leader effectiveness requires training. Techniques are described which teach leaders how to release a group's productive and creative potent…
