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Author Aram, Eliat

Title Doing the Business of Group Relations Conferences : Exploring the Discourse
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages)
Series The Group Relations Conferences Ser
Group Relations Conferences Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the editors and contributors; Foreword; Introduction; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I: Exploring the discourse of psychoanalysis in Group Relations; CHAPTER 1.1 Complacency: The defence of the privileged; Group Relations; References; CHAPTER 1.2 Fifty Ways to use (and abuse) the unconscious: An invitation to a (sincere and thorough) discussion about certain defences employed in the Group Relations community; Notes; References
CHAPTER 1.3 Has the world changed? Has Group Relations changed? Considerations of the Group Relations movement in a postmodern worldContemporary psychoanalysis and contemporary organizations; Rejection of received wisdom from authority; Final thoughts; References; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II: Exploring the discourse of organization (B-A-R-T) in Group Relations; CHAPTER 2.1 Doing business together: Lateral and vertical relations in the institutional partnering for a Group Relations conference; Doing the business of Group Relations conferences; The enterprise of Group Relations conferences
Working hypothesisWhen a conference has multiple sponsors. . .; Co-sponsorship vis-à-vis joint ventures; Lateral relations in institutional collaborations; The joint venture conference -- GRA and NIODA; Lateral relations in the joint venture; Pre-conference institutional dynamics; Conference system dynamics; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Note; References; CHAPTER 2.2 The Yoga Event: An important here-and-now event in the Group Relations conference bouquet; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 2.3 Administration: Where the business of Group Relations begins and ends; Introduction
GRC administrationTasks; Evolution of the workshop on administration; The administrative workshop; Chicago 2014 GRC on authority and leadership in recovery from addiction; Beijing 2014 GRC on authority and leadership in recovery from mental illness and addiction; Schaumburg, IL 2015 GRC on authority and leadership in recovery from addiction; Conclusions and future directions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Acknowledgement; References; CHAPTER 2.4 A conference in the shadow of war -- a sealed room or a safe area?; Organizational and theoretical background
Holding the conference in the shadow of a war -- the dilemmaMiri's story; Saliem's story; Conclusion; Note; References; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION III: Exploring the discourse of business in Group Relations; CHAPTER 3.1 Group Relations conferences: Can enterprises with passion become businesses?; Introduction; Enterprises with passion; Evidence of competition; A community of practice reflecting family or friends?; The Milan Universal Exhibition (Expo) 2015 and the Tree of Life; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Notes; References
Notes CHAPTER 3.2 Political, ethical and historical dilemmas in building a Group Relations institution
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Subject Group relations training.
Group relations training -- Congresses
Group relations training
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Archer, Coreen
Kelly, Rachel
Strauss, Gordon
Triest, Joseph
ISBN 9780429814532
0429814534
9780429814525
0429814526
9780429814518
0429814518
9780429444258
0429444257