This is the first in the "Reflective Citizen" series. The intention of the series is to develop volumes from thevarious OPUS activities which include Scientific Meetings, Workshops, Lectures, Debates and Conferences.The objective of OPUS is to promote and develop the study of conscious and unconscious organizational and societal dynamics through educational activities, research; consultancy and training; and, the publication and dissemination of these activities for the public benefit. The papers selected for this volume are the Keynote Papers and six others who have been invited to present Parallel Papers. They cover: Australia, South America, the US, UK and Europe.

This authoritative source book on the learning and creative application of the systems psychodynamic perspective defines the field, presenting the key concepts, models, and social methodologies that derive from it, together with their theoretical and conceptual underpinnings in psychoanalysis, group relations and open systems theory.

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.

This is the first in a "Reflective Citizen" series, the intention being to develop volumes from the various OPUS (An Organisation for Promoting Understanding of Society) activities which include Scientific Meetings, Workshops, Lectures, Debates and Conferences. The objective of OPUS is to promote and develop the study of conscious and unconscious organisational and societal dynamics through educational activities, research; consultancy and training; and, the publication and dissemination of these activities for the public benefit.

Learning from experience is the theme of this thought-provoking and challenging volume edited by Laurence J. Gould, Lionel F. Stapley and Mark Stein. They have produced an authoritative sourcebook on this major strand of Group Relations Theory, which was developed jointly from psychoanalytic and open systems theories, including those of Bion, Klein and Freud. The papers in this book address the broad issues of authority, leadership and organizational culture, whilst concentrating on other issues in-depth, such as inter-group conflict, and gender and race relations in the workplace. These papers ably demonstrate how learning from experience can be applied to working with a wide spectrum of managerial, educational, community, group and organizational concerns ranging from the individual to large systems."This book will be required reading for all who are interested in the theory and practice of working with groups and organizations, as well as those who have a serious interest in the area of experiential education and group relations training: Masters of Business Management (MBA) and other management students, managers, consultants, personnel and training professionals, researchers in group and organizational behaviour, and educationalists." -- Lionel F. Stapley from the IntroductionContributors include Thomas N. Gilmore, Laurence J. Gould, Larry Hirschhorn, Ross A. Lazar, Susan Long, Eric J. Miller, Debra A. Noumair, Lionel F. Stapley and Mark Stein

This authoritative source book on the learning and creative application of the systems psychodynamic perspective defines the field, presenting the key concepts, models, and social methodologies that derive from it, together with their theoretical and conceptual underpinnings in psychoanalysis, group relations and open systems theory.