Group Relations Conferences Reviewing and Exploring Theory, Design, Role-Taking and Application

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.

Foreword -- Preface -- Group Relations Conferences -- Structure, design and learning in Group Relations Conferences -- Learning from experience and the experience of learning in Group Relations Conferences -- Structure and design of Group Relations Conferences -- Themed conferences and Group Relations Conference methodology -- Sexual abuse -- The ‘Seeon’ Conference -- The application of Group Relations Conferences methodology to professional roles -- Mutuality and interdependence -- Surfacing the ecology of public school organisations -- Contradictory demands and basic assumptions -- Researching Group Relations conferences methodology and outcome -- Multi-level application of Group Relations conferences learning -- Applying Group Relations learning to the daily work of consultants and managers -- Post-conference reflections -- The Very Small Group -- In favor of reinventing the wheel